kde-3.0.1 won't start from command line if X is invoked via "startx" Fix for the problem: open /usr/kde/3/bin/startkde with your favourite text editor replace #!/bin/sh --login with #!/bin/sh save & exit and then, doing startx KDE 3.0.1 will magically start hope this helps Alex
shouldnt this be listed as an 'enhancement' ? the prefered way of starting X sessions in gentoo seems to be /etc/init.d/xdm ... and that is controlled via /etc/rc.conf basically you start either xdm/kdm/gdm and from there choose your wm
spanKY: i strongly disagree with you. this is not an enhancement request, it is a bug report: everyone should be free to start X whenever and however they like most (i usually use console for programming), without getting limited by a "start it at login (xdm/gdm/kdm) or never"; if you like graphical login use it, but please do not try to force others to have it as the default. furthermore, starting X from the console is a commonplace in a lot of distro and X itself, AFAIK, doesn't come with the nedd to be started only from xdm. finally, i say this is properly a bug since in all the other distros i reviewed/used, starting X with "startx" work as expected.
Our current startkde has #!/bin/sh (without --login). I put 'startkde' in my .xinitrc, and startx started kde without problems.
