[GLLUG] KDE from command line

[Jo Dillon]

On Tuesday 19 March 2002 20:33, steven collins wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 14:49, Jo Dillon wrote:
> >   startkde is the command to start everything up; try
> > xinit /usr/bin/startkde -- :1
>
> well, I tried
> xinit /usr/bin/kdesktop -- :1
>
> and it sure wants to start up but then sits there at the screen just
> before the logon prompt. Then I get dropped back to text mode with a
> fatal IO error.

  kdesktop is only one of the things you want to start though. It needs 
things like the DCOP server and panel as well. Are you sure you have no
startkde script on your system?

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	Jo