how to start kde

[Gavin Li]

I changed start default runlevel to 3
and I want to start KDE after  login, so I input command startkde, but it
failed, can't found display, etc

Another question: if runlevel is 5, how to setup to start kde not gnome in
that login window, It can't remember my last time login settings.

BTW, I installed both gnome and kde. the kde desktop icons will disappear if
the fist time login is login to gnome. but it will be ok if the first time
is login to KDE just after install. It happens in most of the FC release.

[Phil Schaffner]

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 10:26 -0400, Gavin Li wrote:
> I changed start default runlevel to 3
> and I want to start KDE after  login, so I input command startkde, but it
> failed, can't found display, etc

In user's virtual console:
$ switchdesk KDE
$ startx
> Another question: if runlevel is 5, how to setup to start kde not gnome in
> that login window, It can't remember my last time login settings.

In a terminal window:
$ switchdesk KDE
> BTW, I installed both gnome and kde. the kde desktop icons will disappear if
> the fist time login is login to gnome. but it will be ok if the first time
> is login to KDE just after install. It happens in most of the FC release.

Bugzilla?

Phil

[Thomas Taylor]

On Monday 15 August 2005 07:47, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 10:26 -0400, Gavin Li wrote:
> > I changed start default runlevel to 3
> > and I want to start KDE after  login, so I input command startkde, but it
> > failed, can't found display, etc
>
> In user's virtual console:
> $ switchdesk KDE
> $ startx
> > Another question: if runlevel is 5, how to setup to start kde not gnome
> > in that login window, It can't remember my last time login settings.
>
> In a terminal window:
> $ switchdesk KDE
> > BTW, I installed both gnome and kde. the kde desktop icons will disappear
> > if the fist time login is login to gnome. but it will be ok if the first
> > time is login to KDE just after install. It happens in most of the FC
> > release.
>
> Bugzilla?
>
> Phil

Or you can edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop from:

DESKTOP="GNOME"

to:

DESKTOP="KDE"

HTH, Tom

[Thufir]

On 8/16/05, Thomas Taylor  wrote:
...
> Or you can edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop from:
>
> DESKTOP="GNOME"

...

If I might shift this to my situation:  until today I was running
gnome fine, now not so well.  I'm just getting "default" and
"failsafe" as session options from the graphical login screen.  Typing
"nautilus" into a terminal brings up my old desktop, exactly as I have
had the preferences set up.

How do I add "gnome" as an option to the login screen "session"
button, pls?  I have things set for runlevel 5 at the moment.

The above file doesn't exist on my system, for what that's worth.

Thanks,

Thufir