Fail to start KDE on init 3

[Charles Curley]

On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 05:13:56PM +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
> On 19/04/06, Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I can't start KDE on "init 3"
> >
> >
> > # startkde

Try startx instead.

You may have problems, in which case as root run
system-config-display, and make appropriate adjustments.

If it comes up with Gnome instead of KDE, switchdesk is your friend.

> 
> Why do you want to do this? (the only significant difference between
> 3 and 5 should be the presence of X, along with starting a desktop)
> I think (but am not certain) startx first will work.

I don't know about Mr. Liu, but I boot a number of my boxes to run
level 3, either because I don't want X (e.g. my firewall) or because I
don't trust the hardware or software and want to bring up X separately
(e.g. an experimental box).

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