[Wlug] KDE died on me

[kstratton at fastmail.us]

I use startx to start either KDE or GNOME.  I type:

startx kde
startx gnome

to start the respective window manager.

here is what I put in .xinitrc

if [ "$1" = "kde" ] ; then
  exec startkde
fi
if [ "$1" = "gnome" ] ; then
  exec gnome-session
fi

Just providing the idea, since there was some mention of using gnome as
well as kde.


On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:47:25 -0400, "Chuck Noyes" <vze284qe at verizon.net>
said:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:09:37 -0400
> Andy Stewart <andystewart at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
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> > vze284qe at verizon.net wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > KDE 3.5.9 died on me. I installed some updates via the adept
> > > updater and after rebooting, I get dropped into run-level 3 (which
> > > I actually prefer). When I type startkde, which is in /usr/bin, I
> > > get the following errors:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I would recommend trying the following:
> > 
> > cd ~
> > mv .kde .kde.saveme
> > startkde
> > 
> > If this works, it suggests that you have some user setting that is
> > causing KDE some grief.  If it does not, we'll need more information
> > to help.
> > 
> > Please let us know the result of this little experiment.
> > 
> > Later,
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
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> Actually, I think I solved the problem....
> I created .xinitrc file in my home directory that contains
> exec startkde
> 
> then I ran startx and kde started up. I have to recreate some settings
> and configurations, but it looks like it's working.
> 
> Thanks Andy.
> 
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