On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Viranch Mehta <viranch.me...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Francesco Nwokeka < > francesco.nwok...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> this is what my "kde-trunk.desktop" file has inside: >> >> [Desktop Entry] >> Encoding=UTF-8 >> Type=XSession >> Exec=/home/z3r0/KDE-Trunk/kde-trunk-install/bin/startkde >> TryExec=/home/z3r0/KDE-Trunk/kde-trunk-install/bin/startkde >> Name=KDE-trunk >> Comment=KDE trunk version >> >> One, you need to source the bashrc before invoking startkde (perhaps, > create a shell script that does this and calls startkde, and call this > script in Exec=). But this is after you figure out why the entry is not > showing up in KDM. Ideally, it should show up. > The above same lines work excellently for me! I did not source the .bashrc... > > >> >> I have this file in: >> ~ /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions >> ~ /usr/share/xsessions/ >> >> Probably try putting the file ONLY in /usr/share/xsessions. KDM may be > getting confused seeing identical .desktops at 2 different places. But not > sure this would work. Also give it a shot by removing the TryExec= line. > +1 -- regards, Karan Pratap Singh IRC nick: kps_foo
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