From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NPIVY-0002Id-1j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:31:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B97FE0639; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:30:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.120]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28AC6E0639 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:30:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=L-FvwXPrwCcA:10 a=aVxEZx4nnYyVC6Aux7YA:9 a=dHBhzIvzdGPCKmk-B9CcksvufQ8A:4 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 97.103.123.104 Received: from [97.103.123.104] ([97.103.123.104:47902] helo=basement.kutulu.org) by cdptpa-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id A4/67-07989-D3DD83B4; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:30:53 +0000 Received: by basement.kutulu.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 55A8F7D8010; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:30:53 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-gr0 (2008-06-10) on basement X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.2.5-gr0 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [192.168.69.4]) by basement.kutulu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D107D8001 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:30:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4B38DD39.4010102@kutulu.org> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:30:49 -0500 From: Mike Edenfield User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The current correct way to start kde 4 References: <4B380DCE.7050701@wht.com.au> <4B381C1A.5020300@gmail.com> <200912280603.13208.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <4B3854EA.4000609@wht.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4B3854EA.4000609@wht.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3375f1dd-d03e-4457-8e32-f8c8d7df1bd2 X-Archives-Hash: c66f727be85f40efdd0a08ad11264b30 On 12/28/2009 1:49 AM, Andrew Lowe wrote: > On 28/12/2009 1:03 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> On Montag 28 Dezember 2009, Kirill Lipatov wrote: >>> well yeah. I just think that setting the kdm as the login manager is the >>> easiest way to automatically start kde4 session after loging in. >>> However, >>> kdm is of course not mandatory and it can do more than just start kde4 >> >> OP wrote he wanted 'kde' as login manager. Which implies he wants kdm. >> > > Thank you gentlemen for your replies. Setting DISPLAYMANAGER to kdm in > /etc/conf.d/xmd it will be then. My confusion comes from there being > posts suggesting this method, others setting XSESSION in > /etc/env.d/90xsession, things mentioning /etc/X11/sessions and so on. > I've still got my training wheels on so it can be a bit confusing at times. You are probably confusing KDE - the entire Qt-based desktop environment, with kdm - a Qt-based display manager and an (optional) component of KDE. The first option will set up the KDE display manager to run when you boot, but it won't actually start "KDE". The second will make KDE the default when you log in through the generic xdm display manager. The last option will get KDE to show up in the list of known session types (for example, what you see in the drop-down list on gdm). You don't *need* to use KDE's display manager to launch KDE, you just need to tell whatever display manager you have to start the kde4 session. Similarly, just because you run kdm doesn't mean you have to launch KDE when you log in; you could launch any of the sessions in kdm's list. But if you are only installing KDE on your machine, then there's really no good reason not to use kdm as well, and allow it to default to KDE4, so you should be all set. --Mike