live cd on ibook

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paradesign · Post by **paradesign** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:06 pm

ive managed to get the live cd going on a 'colorful' ibook. i can get x set up, and running startx gives me... TWM. how do i get this to load KDE (the iso i downloaded)? im not very familiar with text editers other than Pico, so if i have to edit anything, im a noob. and will i have to re-edit every time i boot?

i can get kde to load in twm though, using twm as its window manager, not a good situation.

and startkde tells me x isnt running.

anyhelp would be appreciated, im getting it working on the ibook before i test it in teh comp lab at school.

morpheus · Post by **morpheus** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:25 pm

try startx /usr/kde/3.1/bin/startkde

Lycander · Post by **Lycander** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 7:17 pm

Well assuming you get XFree configured and it works, looks right, go into /etc/rc.conf and edit the lines where you see:

DISPLAY MANGER=kdm
...

...

XSESSION=KDE-3.1.2

Save and use "startx"

paradesign · Post by **paradesign** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 7:57 pm

whats the best (easiest) editer to do that? ive tried using 'ed' and 'vi' and im clueless to both.

base_extip · Post by **base_extip** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:18 pm

Use nano instead.

Just type nano -w /etc/rc.conf and use the keys as you would in text edit.

paradesign · Post by **paradesign** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 1:42 am

WORKS, startx /usr/.../startkde that is

didnt try the other though.

but its locked into 640 * 480 now, bummer. i cant find anyway to change this, KDE corrupts my Xconfig, ill try more tomorrow though.

chriskwan · Post by **chriskwan** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 2:37 am

haha ed.

live cd on ibook

live cd on ibook

ill try that