On Tuesday 21 April 2009 01:12:07 Philip Webb wrote: > 090420 Philip Webb wrote: > > Can anyone tell me the command to pre-start KDE libs with another desktop > > ? Htop reveals that 'konsole' -- the 1st app I started after Fluxbox -- > > caused the following processes to start & remain running : > > > > 3863 kdeinit running ... > > 3866 dcopserver [kdeinit] --nosid --suicide > > 3868 klauncher [kdeinit] --new-startup > > 3870 kded [kdeinit] --new-startup > > > > So it looks as if the needed command is 'kdeinit'. > > I added 'kdeinit &' to ~/.xinitrc & it made a small difference : > Konsole starts 3 s sooner (wry smile). Also, that's only after a boot: > otherwise, the KDE libs stay in memory when the WM terminates > & are instantly reloaded when Konsole asks for them.
Those 3 seconds could be vital. If you need to ssh into the control machine for a nuclear power station and shut down the reactor, those 3 seconds could be the difference between salvation and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt(tm).... -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
