source: kde/core/config.xml@ 7af92fe5

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<sect1 id="kde-core-config" xreflabel="Starting KDE">
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  <title>Starting KDE</title>

  <para>After <application>Kde-workspace</application> has been installed, the
  first important milestone has been reached. Now you need to configure your
  system to start KDE.</para>

  <sect2 role="content">
  <title>Starting KDE from the command prompt</title>

 <para>To start <application>KDE</application> from the command prompt, you
 first need to modify your <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; EOF
<literal># Begin .xinitrc

exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startkde

# End .xinitrc</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

    <note><para>If you are not using <application>ConsoleKit</application>, remove
    <userinput>ck-launch-session</userinput>.</para></note>

    <para>You can now start KDE using the <command>startx</command> command.</para>

    </sect2>

    <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Starting KDE at boot</title>

    <para>KDE comes with a graphical login interface called KDM (the KDE Display
    Manager), which provides a customizable graphical login at boot. To use KDM,
    you need to edit your <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> file (as the
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user).
    First, setup run-level 5 to start KDM (adjust
    the path to kdm according to your system):</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/inittab &lt;&lt; EOF
<literal>kd:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

    <para>Additionally, you need to change the default run-level from 3 to 5:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's#id:3:initdefault:#id:5:initdefault:#' /etc/inittab</userinput></screen>

    <para>You can now restart your system and see the KDE login
    screen.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Installing further KDE packages</title>
    <para>Every subsequent package can be built while having <application>KDE</application> up and
    running, but remember to keep <envar>&kde-dir;</envar> and <envar>&qt4-dir;</envar> set.</para>
  </sect2>

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