--- "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running KDE 2.2.1 on WS 3.1 and want to add xfce so I can try it. > > > However, all the reference sto window mangers and the X-windows > manuals (I > have the O'Reilly manuals) mention the various x files as in start x, > xinitrc, etc. However, my inittab starts /etc/rc.d/rc.gui which ends > up > running one of these: /opt/kde2/bin/kdm or /opt/kde/bin or > /usr/bin/kdm. > Since the latter two don't exist it runs /opt/kde2/bin/kdm which is a > binary executable. Does KDE's startup ignore the x files stuff?? The > Step > x Step site references on Xinitrc talks about files that don't exist > since > it appears to be for KDE1. > > What happens after kdm is started and where can I find more docs on > how > this starts up. > > I want to install and run xfce but not before I have a better > understanding > of what is going on so I don't mess things up!
Unfortunately, i can't commment much on what KDE2 is doing, however you could still install XFCE, and then just boot into runlevel 3, and then run startxfce instead until you were sure you wanted to make XFCE your default. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
