How to start kde?

**budman7** · 04-29-2005

I successfully emerged kde last night(only took 9 hours).
When I type startx, hoping to start X, all I get is a X for a cursor, and if I click on the desktop, I get a TWM menu that I can't seem to do anything with.

Help!

**techieMoe** · 04-29-2005

1)Create a file in your home directory called .xinitrc

2)Inside that file, put one line:

Code:

exec startkde

3)Save and run startx again.

Not the most elegant solution perhaps, but it's always worked for me.

**budman7** · 04-29-2005

It worked. Thanks, TechieMoe and Jaboua for your help. I am posting this message from Konqueror.

**jaboua** · 04-29-2005

Smooth, budman7! I however always do it in one command:

Code:

echo exec startkde > ~/.xinitrc

**groovygroundhog** · 05-03-2005

nobody uses kdm start or /etc/init.d/kdm start?

**jaboua** · 05-03-2005

I don't use xdm, gdm, kdm and neither entrance... I login to the command-prompt and start X manually with startx.

**groovygroundhog** · 05-04-2005

What advantages are there to not using a desktop manager?

**techieMoe** · 05-04-2005

Originally Posted by groovygroundhog

What advantages are there to not using a desktop manager?

The immediate advantage to not using a desktop login manager (like GDM, KDM, XDM) is when something goes wrong with your X configuration. It's much easier to diagnose an X problem when you're logged in at a console by default than when your X suddenly goes black.

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