KDE isn't a window manager, it's a desktop environment. try 'apt-get install kdm', and start it from kdm.
(disclaimer-- I use gnome, not kde, but I know that you need a window manager underlying kde/gnome) glen -----Original Message----- From: Mark R. Millsap [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 02:05 PM To: Stefano Zacchiroli; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: x-window-manager link Ohh... bummer. Here is what I get when I tried the command you suggested: There is only 1 program which provides x-window-manager (/usr/bin/X11/twm). Nothing to configure. Now what???? -----Original Message----- From: Stefano Zacchiroli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: x-window-manager link On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:33:39AM -0400, Mark R. Millsap wrote: > In the /usr/bin/x-window-manager is a link pointing to > /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager file, which in turn is a link to > /usr/bin/X11/twm. > > I would like to be able to start the KDE desktop from the command line with > the 'startx' command. update-alternatives --config x-window-manager and choose the window manager you prefer. Cheers! -- Stefano "Zack" Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ# 33538863 Home Page: http://www.cs.unibo.it/~zacchiro Undergraduate student of Computer Science @ University of Bologna, Italy - Information wants to be Open - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
