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psilo357

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Registered: 2008-10-31

Posts: 116

[SOLVED] startkde starts up kde but using the wrong window manager

Hello all.  Im new to arch linux all together first off, but am catching on pretty quick.  I just quit gentoo, as I was just tired of constantly fiddling with it.  I am looking for an OS that I can use daily, not one that I have to spend hours working on daily just to get it to work, or get one appliation installed.

Anyways, whenever I boot up my computer into Arch, it boots to the console or just the default boot.  So it type startx to start up the X server, which works fine.  Then I type in startkde to get kde up, which also works fine.  However, once it is running, it is using the xwm instead of the kwm, where is this setting to I can set it right?  It looks so silly having nice and sleek kde 4.1 installed with the ugly green bars around all the windows, and even the task bar on the bottom.

Also, if anyone knows of any good guides to get it to where I can have it startx and startkde on boot, that would be wonderful, or even a login screen or something.

thanks for any help

Last edited by psilo357 (2008-11-12 02:27:33)

aveightor

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Registered: 2005-04-24

Posts: 33

Re: [SOLVED] startkde starts up kde but using the wrong window manager

do this nano ~/.xinitrc and put exec startkde

if there are other wm's there put a # in front of them

then do control x and y to answer yes

kde should start now without twm

you can also use kdm, su to root or use sudo do nano /etc/rc.conf scroll down to the bottom look for DAEMONS and put kdm in there

ex: DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @network netfs hal crond alsa kdm)

then control x and y for yes ..when you reboot kdm should load and you can log in to kde that way and any other wm's you have.

psilo357

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Registered: 2008-10-31

Posts: 116

Re: [SOLVED] startkde starts up kde but using the wrong window manager

alright, well, whenever i type

nano ~/.xinitrc

it opens a new file, and whenever i try to use

which .xinitrc

it tells me that there is not one..

aveightor

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Registered: 2005-04-24

Posts: 33

Re: [SOLVED] startkde starts up kde but using the wrong window manager

in nano after control x and y nano asks File Name to Write: hit the ENTER key to write the file then startx should work.

fuscia

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 398

Re: [SOLVED] startkde starts up kde but using the wrong window manager

alright, well, whenever i type

nano ~/.xinitrc

it opens a new file, and whenever i try to use

which .xinitrc

it tells me that there is not one..

.xinitrc is a file you create, not one that pre-exists.