If ther e is not .xinitrc file create one wtih pico or vi or the editor
of your choise
man vi for help using vi .
put the line
exec startkde
or
exec gnome-session
in .xinitrc
then type startx
"Miller, Matt" wrote:
> Look for a .xsession or .xinitrc file in your home directory:
> $ ls -a .x*
> Depending on which file may already exist,
> Do this:
> $ echo "startkde" >> .xsession
> Or this:
> $ echo "startkde" >> .xinitrc
>
> Initiate an X session with 'startx'.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Newbie]XFree86 4.1.0 install
>
> I installed XFree86 4.1.0 on my RedHat 7.1, and now the
> startup is all messed up. I end up with only XFree
> running when I used to have a KDE login.
>
> If I type 'startkde' at the console I get (I think it's xterm),
> KDE starts, but everything has a greenish titlebar above
> it, and I only have a few fonts available.
>
> During the install-script, I answered 'yes' to all questions
> about overwriting configuration-files (as I never modified
> them).
>
> Am I right thinking that I lost the Red Hat specific
> config-files? (I backed up the X11R6 directory, but NOT
> the X11 one)
>
> If so, which config files have to be changed back? Should
> I change them to the default RedHat 7.1 ones? (RH7.1
> carries XFree4.0.3)
>
> I would find this out myself, but the startup is really
> confusing (startx, xinit, xinitrc, xinput, xclients, ...)
>
> Oh, and maybe it also has something to do with the
> display-manager and/or the session-manager? I really
> don't know what these two programs do, but I get the
> xsm when I startup my computer. (I found there's also a
> kdm, a gdm and a xdm; also very confusing...)
>
> As you can see, I'm really lost here and I can imagine
> this could happen to many newbies that use RH and
> want to upgrade XFree.
>
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