What are you trying to archieve? If you want to start DE you better launch it by starting your display manager (gdm in my case): $ sudo systemctl start gdm.service
On 17.10.2017 17:24, Stephane L wrote: > do I need too to make a .xinitrc with something like /usr/bin/startkde ? > > > Le Mardi 17 octobre 2017 14h11, Alexander V. Makartsev > <avbe...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > Assuming you have systemd, you have to change final target from > graphical to multi-user. > This shows possible targets: > $ sudo systemctl list-units --type=target > > This will show what target is default: > $ sudo systemctl get-default > > This will set default target to "console mode" you want: > $ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target > > This will redo the changes if you ever will want to start DE by default: > $ sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target > > You have to reboot to apply changes. > > > > On 17.10.2017 16:59, Stephane L wrote: >> Hi I have tried to remove sddm from /etc/init.d but it starts always >> with sddm.I want to boot my debian 9 in console mode and do startx to >> launch kde5 as I do with debian 8 and kde4.does anyone know exactly >> how to do that ? > > -- > With kindest regards, Alexander. > > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org <https://www.debian.org/> > ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ > > > -- With kindest regards, Alexander. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
