On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Francesco Nwokeka < francesco.nwok...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > this is what my "kde-trunk.desktop" file has inside: > > [Desktop Entry] > Encoding=UTF-8 > Type=XSession > Exec=/home/z3r0/KDE-Trunk/kde-trunk-install/bin/startkde > TryExec=/home/z3r0/KDE-Trunk/kde-trunk-install/bin/startkde > Name=KDE-trunk > Comment=KDE trunk version > > One, you need to source the bashrc before invoking startkde (perhaps, create a shell script that does this and calls startkde, and call this script in Exec=). But this is after you figure out why the entry is not showing up in KDM. Ideally, it should show up. > > I have this file in: > ~ /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions > ~ /usr/share/xsessions/ > > Probably try putting the file ONLY in /usr/share/xsessions. KDM may be getting confused seeing identical .desktops at 2 different places. But not sure this would work. Also give it a shot by removing the TryExec= line. Cheers, Viranch
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