How To Replace GNOME with KDE

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 17:33, Frank Mandato wrote:
>   Here are the messages that I get attempting to start X after selecting
> switchtool and KDE:
> 
> Marker: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default settings
>         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational
>         (WW) Warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time stamp and date follow,
> (==) using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86onfig,
> 
> ~/.Xclients: line 8: ~/Xclients-default: no such file or directory
> ~/.Xclients: line 8: exec: ~/.Xclients-default: cannot execute: no such
> file or directory
> 
>   When I looked in the .Xclients files they were both empty.
> 
>   ~/.Xlients
>   ~/.Xclients-$hostname:0.0
> 
>   As of this moment I do not have any .Xclients files in my ~directory.
> 
>   The switchtool creates the .Xclients file but does not put anything in
> them.
> 
>   Thanks
> 
>   FrankM
> 
> On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 16:51, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > On 13 Jun 2003, Frank Mandato wrote:
> > 
> > >   Here it is: RH 9, installed both Gnome and KDE. When I switch to KDE
> > > the X server refuses to start, the error message that I get says that
> > > the X server may still be running.
> > 
> > How do you switch to KDE? Is X still running?
> > 
> > (Don't run "startx" when X is already running -- unless you specifically
> > tell it to run on a different displaynumber.)
> > 
> > What are the exact error messages?
> > 
----
less .Xclients

#!/bin/bash
 
# Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher
 
if [ -e "$HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ]; then
    exec $HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY
else
    exec $HOME/.Xclients-default
fi


less .Xclients-default

# Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher
exec startkde


Craig