%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ After Kde-workspace has been installed, the first important milestone has been reached. Now you need to configure your system to start KDE. To start KDE from the command prompt, you first need to modify your .xinitrc file: cat > ~/.xinitrc <<EOF # Begin .xinitrc exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startkde # End .xinitrc EOF If you are not using ConsoleKit, remove ck-launch-session. You can now start KDE using the startx command. KDE comes with a graphical login interface called KDM (the KDE Display Manager). KDM provides a customizable graphical login at boot. To use KDM, you need to edit your /etc/inittab file (as the root user). First, setup run-level 5 to start KDM by adding the following line (adjust the path to kdm according to your system): kd:5:respawn:&kde-dir;/bin/kdm Additionally, you need to change the default run-level from 3 to 5. This is done by changing the line: id:3:initdefault: To: id:5:initdefault: You can now restart your system and see the beautiful KDE login screen. Every subsequent package can be built while having KDE up and running, but remember to keep &kde-dir; and &qt-dir; set.