Graphical boot

floppywhopper · 09-18-2005, 05:32 AM

I have installed Debian 3.1 on a Pentium 200, 64 M Ram, 2 m vid card

apart from a few issues I am confident of fixing,
X wont start at boot up.
I changed inittab to rl 5
is there something else I need to do

I have read the manuals but cant find the answer
currently after the text login I type startx
but I want KDE to start automatically

floppy

dinolinux · 09-18-2005, 05:51 AM

X should start automatically if you configure it right. If you want KDE to start when you type startx, edit the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and change this:

Code:

else
	# start some nice programs
	twm &
	xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
	xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
	xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
	exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
fi

to this:

Code:

else
        # start kde
        startkde &
fi

lpd · 09-18-2005, 06:19 AM

To get a graphical login you need to install a Display Manager, like kdm, xdm, wdm or gdm.

floppywhopper · 09-18-2005, 06:40 AM

I can start KDE by typing startx
but it doesn't go straight to a graphical login at boot
sorry if I didn't make myself clear

I was hoping by changing innitab to rl 5
it would go straight to KDE
but it doesn't

so to clarify
it goes to a text login
and then I startx
it goes to KDE
I logout of KDE
it drops back to a text screen only
I logout or shutdown from there
no option in KDE to shutdown

hope this clears things up
thanks for the help so far

floppy

McCloud · 09-18-2005, 06:47 AM

Have you installed KDM, GDM or XDM ??? If you use KDE I would try installing KDM.

Code:

aptitude install kdm

or if you use apt-get to install packages

Code:

apt-get install kdm

Good luck.

floppywhopper · 09-20-2005, 03:24 AM

YES !!!
apt-get didn't work
but aptitude did

thank-you for your help
now boots straight to KDE

floppy