On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 06:55 -0700, cfk wrote: > On Friday 20 May 2005 22:55, Nick Rout wrote: > > Read the Fine Manual > > Which "Fine Manual" are we talking about here for kde and where might it be > found? > > > set the DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm line in /etc/rc.conf > > > > then > > > > rc-update add xdm boot > > > > /etc/init.d/xdm start > > > > On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 19:09 -0700, cfk wrote: > > > Thank you for the help on "keepwork". Next question. > > > > > > My computer has spend the day emerging kde. > > > > > > The function 'startx' does work with 'twm'. > > > > > > So, I can test kde before changing /etc/X11/initrc/xinitrc from 'twm &' > > > to 'kde &", what is a good way to do that? > > > > > > Charles > > > > -- > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I've set in /etc/rc.conf DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm and invoked 'rc-update add xdm > boot'. I have also created (in /root) an .xinitrc with startkde in it as > mentioned in a previous post last night. > > When I reboot the computer, I now get a slightly different version of twm but > no kde. > > I can invoke some kde programs such as kwrite, khexedit and all their widgets > are rendering, so I think I am very close, but not quite able to get kde to > startup in Gentoo yet. > > Some suggestions on areas to look would be appreciated.
choose kde from the menu in kdm > > Charles Krinke -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
