Changing Desktop Environment from XFCE to KDE

amhainen · 12-05-2011, 06:30 AM

When I installed Slackware, I chose the default desktop as XFCE. Now when I login to Slackware and type 'startx', it brings up an XFCE environment without any desktop manager.

I installed the KDE packages and when I type 'startkde' from the bash shell outside of XFCE, there is an error with the X display. However, when I type 'startkde' from terminal inside XFCE, the loading screen for KDE appears and then after a moment, both panels are running simultaneously.

How can I choose which session I want to use from Slackware? Ideally, I'd have 'startxfce' and 'startkde' at my disposal. Also, I never knew about tabbed window (tbw) until I installed Slack and I'm curious about it.

My big question is how can I choose my session. Thanks for the help!

foo.bar · 12-05-2011, 06:42 AM

try to run 'xwmconfig' from terminal and choose the default window manager. no need to run as 'su'.

jamesf · 12-05-2011, 01:11 PM

If you type

Code:

james@home:~$ ls /etc/X11/xinit/
README.Xmodmap     xinitrc.fluxbox*  xinitrc.twm*
xinitrc@           xinitrc.fvwm2*    xinitrc.wmaker*
xinitrc.blackbox*  xinitrc.kde*      xinitrc.xfce@

you will get a list of environments you can start with. To choose any one of them from a command prompt without X already running (runlevel 3) simply type, for example,:

Code:

startx /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xfce

foo.bar, above, is correct about how to change the default window manager/desktop environment for a single user.