Re: startx wont start what I need it to start

[Dominique Orban <dominique.orban@gmail.com>]

On 6/17/05, Benedek Frank <linux@celifornia.com> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I upgraded to X4.5 as the ATI driver didnt work with my laptop, only in the
> 
> recent version. I am on Sarge by the way. SInce I have upgraded, startx just
> 
> brings up the regular basic X window, with the strange greenish bacground
> and 
> 3 open terminals with white backgournds. I hope you know what I mean. When I
> 
> type 
> 
> update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
> 
> I get this
> 
> vaio:/home/ben# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
> 
> There are 5 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'.
> 
>   Selection    Alternative
> -----------------------------------------------
>       1        /usr/bin/metacity
>       2        /usr/bin/kwin
>       3        /usr/bin/blackbox
> *+    4        /usr/bin/enlightenment
>       5        /usr/bin/sawfish
> 
> Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
> 
> But when I type startx, enliughtenment will not start. How should I correct
> 
> this?
> 
> Thanks in advanced. By the way, with KDM I can start anything just fine, but
> I 
> am in the process to lighten up the machine for faster boot, it is a 667Mhz
> 
> transmeta.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ben

You may just need to create a ~/.xinitrc
I personally want KDE to start when I type 'startx' (instead of the
default, Gnome), so my .xinitrc contains the single line:
exec startkde

instead, I think you'll want to have:
exec enlightenment

Dominique