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how to choose session when boot from text mode

Hi, all

My question is if I have two kde installed on my OS
how to choose one of them when startx,
the precondition is I am boot from text mode.

Thanks,

cain

I think this would work:

Code:

cd /usr/X11R6/bin

cp startx startx2

edit 'startx2' and change:

Code:

sysclientrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc

with

Code:

sysclientrc=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc2

then:

Code:

cd /etc/X11/xinit

cp xinitrc.kde xinitrc.kde2

edit 'xinitrc.kde' and at the and of the file change 'startkde' with '/path_to_your_first_kde/bin/startkde'

then edit 'xinitrc.kde2' and again change 'startkde' with '/path_to_your_second_kde/bin/startkde'.

so to start your first kde run 'startx' and 'startx2' for the second kde.

I haven't tried this, but I think it should work.

thanks I will try it when I finish compile kde 3.3.2
but there seems have a error

because I have qt 3.3 compiled by my self