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List:       linux-newbie
Subject:    Re: How to make KDE default windows manager?
From:       "Jesse" <jlc () msdlg ! com>
Date:       2006-07-11 11:35:45
Message-ID: 000301c6a4de$26fd3060$6900a8c0 () ANCHORMAN
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Someone helped me find and fix the problem.  Evidentially I needed to be 
running the KDE Manager.  I was not.  I did a gdm stop and a kdm start, and 
that solved my problem.

Thanks,
Jesse

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Largret" <largret@gmail.com>
To: "Jesse" <jlc@msdlg.com>
Cc: <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 3:37 AM
Subject: Re: How to make KDE default windows manager?


> On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 19:17 -0400, Jesse wrote:
>> I found the file in the same place, and it has pretty much the same thing
>> you've got there.  However,  think this may be the configuration file 
>> once
>> you get KDE up and running.  I can't seem to get KDE running.
>
> Hmmm, on my system that file puts 'KDE' in the list of desktop
> environments available in [xgk]dm.
>
> I'd recommend checking the file permissions
> for /usr/share/xsessions/kde.desktop. It would also be nice to know
> which desktop manager is being used for your run-level (xdm/gdm/kdm).
> 'ps -ef' will give you a list of programs currently running. One of them
> should be your desktop manager.
>
> I'm also CC'ing this to the list in hopes that someone will know
> better. :)
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chris Largret" <largret@gmail.com>
>> To: "Jesse" <jlc@msdlg.com>
>> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 5:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: How to make KDE default windows manager?
>>
>>
>> > On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 14:10 -0400, Jesse wrote:
>> >> I installed kde using the apt-get utility, however, I want to run it 
>> >> as
>> >> my
>> >> default windows manager.  How do I do that?  I'm using Debian Linux, 
>> >> and
>> >> right now, it comes up to a log in screen where I can choose IceWM,
>> >> Gnome,
>> >> and some others as my windows manager, but KDE is not one of those. 
>> >> Any
>> >> ideas?
>> >
>> > I'm not fully certain for Debian, but this should be close. On my
>> > Slackware box you would look for /usr/share/xsessions/kde.desktop (If 
>> > it
>> > isn't /usr/share/xsessions/, maybe try running "slocate xsession" to
>> > find the right directory).
>> >
>> > Inside of the kde.desktop file, here is what I have:
>> >
>> >
>> > [Desktop Entry]
>> > Encoding=UTF-8
>> > Name=KDE
>> > Comment=This session logs you into KDE
>> > Exec=startkde
>> > # no icon yet, only the top three are currently used
>> > Icon=
>> > Type=Application
>> >
>> >
>> > hth
>
> --
> Chris Largret <http://www.largret.com>
> 

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