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#1 2009-01-31 17:29:28

mic64
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Registered: 2005-03-03
Posts: 173

How to start KDE4 from slim?

Hi Everybody

I have slim as the LogIn manager.
Also kde3 and openbox as my standard DE

Now I wanted to give KDE4 a try.
But how can I start it from slim?
startkde of course starts my KDE3 from /opt/kde.
And another startkde in /usr/bin doesnt exist.

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#2 2009-01-31 23:07:00

Ranguvar
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Registered: 2008-08-12
Posts: 2,545

Re: How to start KDE4 from slim?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SLIM

Did using exec startkde not work?

Ah, wait. Are you using both KDE3 and KDE4? (You should have said so more clearly)
I would suggest typing the full pathname to the startkde you want.

Ahead of time, if you're using the official repos, I would switch to KDEmod if only for compatibility between KDE3 and KDE4. There's been problems I believe with using both from the official repos. KDEmod3 and KDEmod4 work fine together. If you really don't like KDEmod, a chroot might be the only solution.

Myself though, I wouldn't even try running both - no need, unless you for some reason truly need both at once. For just testing, backing up your .kde config folder and then removing KDE3 and getting 4 should be enough - you can go back if you want after.

Last edited by Ranguvar (2009-01-31 23:10:26)

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#3 2009-01-31 23:32:14

mic64
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Registered: 2005-03-03
Posts: 173

Re: How to start KDE4 from slim?

running /usr/bin/startkde from .xinitrc for KDE4 works.

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