how do i start gnome and kde?

sheepdogj15 · 09-23-2004, 12:34 AM

hi all,

i got Slackware installed alright and everything (no problems other than a few attributed to user general stupidity

)

i set up an account in addition to root, and have dinked around a bit with the command line.

now, i'm itching to play with the GUIs. since neither load by default (another question, but for another time perhaps), how do i start them up? i looked at Gnome's website, but i what i could find seemed to assume you already have it running. (i haven't had the chance to look up KDE)

cadj · 09-23-2004, 01:59 AM

try the command

startx

Smokey · 09-23-2004, 02:21 AM

to switch guis type 'xwmconfig'

Bruce Hill · 09-23-2004, 02:30 AM

When you boot to the login prompt, issue
"xwmconfig" and choose the GUI. Then issue
"startx" to start the X server. Play around and
see which one suits your fancy.

Welcome to Slackware Linux - freedom from the darkside!

Oliv' · 09-23-2004, 11:21 AM

Hi,

In fact Slack boots in runlevel 3 so to have a graphical interface you need to boot in runlevel 4 (yes I know in general that's 5 but with Slack that's 4 :P)... So to start login screen (xdm, kdm or gdm) type:

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.4

and to do that automatically, edit /etc/inittab and check you have this line (must be the first uncommented line):

Code:

id:4:initdefault:

Oliv'

sheepdogj15 · 09-23-2004, 04:44 PM

cool, thanks!

the_7th_world · 09-23-2004, 05:38 PM

Also, if you want to get into gnome when your default X win manager is KDE, try 'exec gnome-session' if I remember correctly (don't quote me on that, there may be a double dash '--' in that, I've only ever used gnome once)

sheepdogj15 · 09-26-2004, 10:49 PM

ok, new problem. KDE works fine, but Gnome freezes at the startup image. anyone have any suggestions on how to figure out what's wrong?

Bruce Hill · 09-26-2004, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sheepdogj15
ok, new problem. KDE works fine, but Gnome freezes at the startup image. anyone have any suggestions on how to figure out what's wrong?

What command did you issue, or how did you start Gnome
to get this particular error?

sheepdogj15 · 09-26-2004, 11:31 PM

i used the xwmconfig program to switch to Gnome, and then typed in startx.

Bruce Hill · 09-27-2004, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sheepdogj15
i used the xwmconfig program to switch to Gnome, and then typed in startx.

Do that again, and this time instead of issuing "startx" by itself,
issue "startx 2> errors" and launch Gnome. Then after it freezes,
just launch KDE with the basic "startx" command, and then use your
Konqueror file browser, or a terminal, and look at the file that was
created in your /home/<username> directory with the name "errors"
and that will tell you the problem. If you can't figure it out, post the
contents in here...

Oliv' · 09-27-2004, 08:55 AM

Hi,

try to look in your ~/.xsession-errors... maybe it will tell you what's wrong

Oliv'

Bruce Hill · 09-27-2004, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Oliv'
Hi,

try to look in your ~/.xsession-errors... maybe it will tell you what's wrong

Oliv'

mingdao@james:~$ cat ~/.xsession-errors
cat: /home/mingdao/.xsession-errors: No such file or directory
mingdao@james:~$ cat /etc/slackware-version
Slackware 10.0.0