Makin KDE work for Me

(sh)Sneaky Mogs(sh) · 10-13-2006, 05:49 PM

I have been trying with all my might to switch to Slackware - I have used Suse with success in the past - and I have installed it on my machine. It says that I have KDE installed in the /opt/kde folder but I cant get it to boot to kde and I cant start kde at all. I would really like to get this working as I have trouble in the text interface of things - I am relatively new to the Linux interface even though I have used SUSE for 2 years now - and I would just like to get this to work.

Thank you.
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raska · 10-13-2006, 05:53 PM

Hi there
After logging in, have you tried to type

Code:

startx

Also you might want to read the Slackbook, it's a nice place to start with Slackware

Eternal_Newbie · 10-13-2006, 06:03 PM

If you need to change window managers to KDE, then at the command line type:

Code:

xwmconfig

before typing

Code:

startx

to start XWindows.

Michielvw · 10-13-2006, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (sh)Sneaky Mogs(sh)

I have been trying with all my might to switch to Slackware - I have used Suse with success in the past - and I have installed it on my machine. It says that I have KDE installed in the /opt/kde folder but I cant get it to boot to kde and I cant start kde at all.)

What you are probably looing for is a change of runlevel. Slackware defaults to runlevel 3

edit /etc/inittab and look for the following line

Code:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:3:initdefault:

and change it to:

Code:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

Next time you boot your machine it will boot up to KDM, enter your username/password . and you should enter kde

BeerIsGood · 10-13-2006, 10:16 PM

Another way to skin the cat, is to edit your /etc/lilo.conf kernel entry and add an "append" line:

Code:

image = /boot/vmlinuz
  label = linux-graphical
  append = 4
  read-only
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  label = linux-console
  read-only

As you can see, you can then have two options linked to the same kernel image, one going to graphical login, and one to the text console. I put the graphical one at the top of the list so it's the "default" if the lilo menu times out. Don't forget to run "lilo" though.

(sh)Sneaky Mogs(sh) · 10-14-2006, 03:00 AM

Thank you to everyone that has posted. This has been very helpful for me and I hope that it helps others in the future.

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