Re: XDM
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 05:31:16PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Try:
>
> update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
>
> though this doesn't always as expected for me. 'apt-get install kdm' might
> work too. I have not yet figured out exactly how debian determines
> what window manager to run. For me, it seems to decide arbitrarily...
> -Brian
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:36:08AM -0300, Ted Gervais wrote:
> >
> >
> > Well I finally got the KDE stuff loaded unto my newly installed Debian
> > System. And it works well. However, how do I change things so KDE desktop is
> > the default. Right now it is FVWM?? I thought it might be in a file called
> > .xinit, or .xsession etc in my users directory but not so..
I do not run KDE, but I don't believe that update-alternatives is what you
need here. apt-get install kdm will most likely work or:
Try creating in your HOME directory .xsession. In .xsession put:
exec startkde
Probably needs it to be executable so, $ chmod 755 .xsession.
Should work.
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