Subject: Re: switching desktop enviornment help...
From: Brian Ketelsen (briank@becos.org)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 11:06:15 MST
Why is everyone so jaded against KDE? Is it a PPC specific problem, or is
it KDE in general? I like the KDE desktop on my PC (Corel linux). I've
never gotten it working on my G4 though.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Read" <eread@netaccess.co.nz>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: switching desktop enviornment help...
> You need to type ".xinitrc" make sure the "." is at the front and make
sure
> it is in the home directory of the user who wants kde.
>
> May I suggest again that you stick with Gnome? ;)
>
> This technique has worked since the beginning of time with YDL.
>
> if you are user "andrew" (and you use defaults), the file might be:
>
> /home/andrew/.xinitrc
>
> to make sure it is there, inside your home directory, type "ls -la". That
> will present all the "dot" files.
>
> > From: Andrew Zander <16stone@pipeline.com>
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 07:08:43 -0700
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: Re: switching desktop enviornment help...
> >
> > this one did not work, it doesn't list kde as an option. the other
suggestion
> > was that i makde a file "xinitrc" and put startkde in it, in my home
file, i
> > did, (i opened it as a system device file (i believe), and it did
nothing..
> > kde
> > IS installed.. i can use the programs on the gnome menu.. etc..
> >
> > andrew
> >
> > MacPiano@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> Go to a terminal in x type switchdesk (and return of course) . You will
get a
> >> screen with your choices. Select which one you want, logout and startx
again
> >> and voila, there it is.
> >> gary hostetler
> >
> >
>
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