Udo Rader wrote: > Am Tue, 09 Sep 2003 13:50:50 +0000 schrieb Buchan Milne: >> Udo Rader wrote: >>> hi, >>> >>> the last cooker update changed the terminal application used by the >>> WM-Terminal from xterm to konsole ... >>> >>> The deeper reason for this is that xvt is now mapped to konsole per >>> default in /etc/alternatives ... is this really intended? Not only >>> does it take quite a long time to start up initially when kde is not >>> running, it also requires tons of kde installed on the system. >> >> 1) >> # update-alternatives --config xvt >> >> 2) >> # urpme kdebase-konsole >> (or which ever package actually now owns konsole) > > Well, deleting it is always an option. But what I'm questioning is > the _default_ setting for xvt. Does that really have to be konsole? > I mean, if I have multiple terminal emus installed, why does konsole > have to be the default? why not gnome-terminal (or any other)? > > Shouldn't this be as lightweight as possible per default? > > happy hacking > > udo
I agree, this is caused by a recent change to kdebase-konsole that makes its xvt alternatives value take precedence over rxvt. I'm not sure I agree with that. I think users should have to change the alternative if they want konsole to be the xvt.
