booting into KDE
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Wed May 18 12:19:11 UTC 2005
Erin D. Hughes wrote:
> I seem to be having a hard time booting into KDE.
>
> It is really weird.... I usually use level 3 and just boot to the
> command line and if I need something I just type kdm and log in there.
>
> On this latest install of FC3 when I type in kdm it tells me root can
> only switch to the KD Enviorment, then when it does start all I get is a
> terminal window and a small graphical xclock, and that is it.
>
> Any one have any advice how to get KDE to start.
>
> I have googled this and all I find is how to change the run level not
> the gui that loads.
Try "switchdesk KDE" to set your preference for KDE.
Try "startx" instead of "kdm" for starting the X server, and it'll start
a session as the user you have already logged in as; no need to log in
again.
Paul.
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