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dai · 08-14-2002, 09:23 AM

Hi all

Just a quick one

when logged in as root startx takes me into KDE 3 (as I want)

when I log in as my user account I get booted into Window maker (want kde)

Surely this shouldnt happen as I thought if you set default to one desktop then all users default to same???

Where would I have to add the startkde lines for my normal user please. Im using Slack 8.1

jglen490 · 08-14-2002, 09:25 AM

See if there's a .xinitrc file in the "normal" user's /home directory. If there is, check what it is starting.

dai · 08-14-2002, 09:45 AM

okay will do (when I get home)

neo77777 · 08-14-2002, 09:54 AM

If you want flexibility to choose what desktop to present you with when startx is ran look at sdx11

dai · 08-15-2002, 03:17 AM

well I sorted out that windows maker stuff, the generated .Xinitrc had been setup for windowsmaker (strange) so just changed the wmaker.inst stuff to startkde.

Neo that does look pretty handy I shall download that when I get home from work. I suppose that I'd have to run that script rather than startx though, or does it get run when startx is called???