Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

Ron Johnson wrote:

On Tuesday 11 December 2007 08:29:02 pm Ron Johnson wrote:

On 12/11/07 20:20, Michael Pobega wrote:

startx /usr/bin/startkde

Remembering that, I tried "startx startkde", but that bombed. Now I
know why...



Why?

I _think_ Ron is saying that earlier before posting his original
question he had vaguely remembered the need to feed a parameter to
"startx", and had therefore earlier tried "startx startkde", but it
failed. When Michael wrote "startx /usr/bin/startkde", Ron then realized
why his earlier attempt had bombed: he had failed to provide the full
path to "startkde".


At least that's what I took him to be saying. Perhaps he'll jump back in
here and clarify for us.


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On Wednesday 12 December 2007 07:40:25 am Kent West wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 11 December 2007 08:29:02 pm Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>> On 12/11/07 20:20, Michael Pobega wrote:
> >>>> startx /usr/bin/startkde
> >>>
> >>> Remembering that, I tried "startx startkde", but that
> >>> bombed. Now I know why...
> >
> > Why?
>
> I _think_ Ron is saying that earlier before posting his
> original question he had vaguely remembered the need to feed a
> parameter to "startx", and had therefore earlier tried "startx
> startkde", but it failed. When Michael wrote "startx
> /usr/bin/startkde", Ron then realized why his earlier attempt
> had bombed: he had failed to provide the full path to
> "startkde".
>
> At least that's what I took him to be saying. Perhaps he'll
> jump back in here and clarify for us.

That's exactly correct.

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On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:36:19PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:

> startx uses ~/.xinitrc to start up the X session. In case it doesn't
> exist, then debian has some default stuff that starts whatever the
> default window manager is. Look at `update-alternatives --config
> x-window-manager` to set a different window manager as the default.

On my box I have:

---[ begin console paste ]---

think:~# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager

There are 7 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'.

Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
1 /usr/bin/icewm
2 /usr/bin/icewm-experimental
3 /usr/bin/xfwm4
*+ 4 /usr/bin/openbox
5 /usr/bin/openbox-session
6 /usr/bin/kwin
7 /usr/bin/startfluxbox

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
think:~# update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

There are 3 alternatives which provide `x-session-manager'.

Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
1 /usr/bin/icewm-session
2 /usr/bin/icewm-session-experimental
*+ 3 /usr/bin/xfce4-session

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
think:~#

---[ end console paste ]----

On 'startx' xfce4 is started so it seems the 'x-session-manager' takes
precedence over the 'x-window-manager'. This is on a sid box (and has
been like this for a while).

Regards,
Andrei
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I think this belongs on the list (sorry for the top post).

Regards,
Andrei

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 09:12:47PM -0800, Robert Key wrote:
> Hi do this
> echo "startkde" > .xinitrc
> ctrld d ( to quit and save)
> type startx at prompt
> should work.
>
>
> Rob Key
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:32:55 PM
> Subject: Re: How to start KDE from a console prompt?
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:36:19PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>
> > startx uses ~/.xinitrc to start up the X session. In case it doesn't
> > exist, then debian has some default stuff that starts whatever the
> > default window manager is. Look at `update-alternatives --config
> > x-window-manager` to set a different window manager as the default.
>
> On my box I have:
>
> ---[ begin console paste ]---
>
> think:~# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
>
> There are 7 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'.
>
> Selection Alternative
> -----------------------------------------------
> 1 /usr/bin/icewm
> 2 /usr/bin/icewm-experimental
> 3 /usr/bin/xfwm4
> *+ 4 /usr/bin/openbox
> 5 /usr/bin/openbox-session
> 6 /usr/bin/kwin
> 7 /usr/bin/startfluxbox
>
> Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
> think:~# update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
>
> There are 3 alternatives which provide `x-session-manager'.
>
> Selection Alternative
> -----------------------------------------------
> 1 /usr/bin/icewm-session
> 2 /usr/bin/icewm-session-experimental
> *+ 3 /usr/bin/xfce4-session
>
> Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
> think:~#
>
> ---[ end console paste ]----
>
> On 'startx' xfce4 is started so it seems the 'x-session-manager' takes
> precedence over the 'x-window-manager'. This is on a sid box (and has
> been like this for a while).
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
> --
> If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
> (Albert Einstein)
>
>
>
>
>
>
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