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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="kde-core-config">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="config.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info>
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| 12 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 13 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 14 | </sect1info>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <title>Configuring the Core KDE Packages</title>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <para>Back up your existing <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file
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| 19 | and create a new <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file to start
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| 20 | <application>KDE</application>:</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <screen><userinput>echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <indexterm zone="kde-core-config">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>If you have <xref linkend="dbus"/> installed, you can start the
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| 29 | <application>D-BUS</application> session daemon here as well. Starting the
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| 30 | session daemon here has the added bonus that it will exit when you log out
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| 31 | of your <application>KDE</application> session. If you wish to start the
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| 32 | daemon here, use the following command instead of the one shown above:</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <screen><userinput>echo "exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session startkde" >> ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <note>
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| 37 | <para>Check the <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file and ensure you have
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| 38 | no other window managers or other <application>X</application> applications
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| 39 | mentioned before <application>KDE</application>.</para>
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| 40 | </note>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <para>If you installed the <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> package,
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| 43 | ensure the <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> and <envar>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</envar>
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| 44 | environment variables are configured properly as explained in that package
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| 45 | and update the MIME-type application database (as <systemitem
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| 46 | class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <screen role="root"><userinput>update-desktop-database</userinput></screen>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para>Ensure all libraries can be found with (as
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| 51 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ldconfig</userinput></screen>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <para>At this point you can bring up <application>KDE</application> with:</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | </sect1>
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