The easies way oiut of this is to create an example user using yast, this creates the files needed xinit e.t.c which you can copy from the example users home directory into root's home directory. Regards, Tony Melia MCP Server Support Group * +353 1 2044208 * Tony_Melia@Dell.com <<...>> -----Original Message----- From: Jayel L. Villamin [SMTP:jm.dossogne@euronet.be] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 11:00 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: hi. =) i have a problem using kde1.0. how do i make it the default window manager? according to the faq3.html i downloaded from kde.org, i should edit the files '.Xsession' or '.xinitrc'. but the problem is i cannot find those files in '/root'. and i only have 1 enabled user and that is root. i changed the 'xinitrc' file *suppose to be the generic xinitrc* in '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit'. i commented the lines after the line 'start some nice programs' and added 'startkde'. but it is still loading fvwm2. i've added the original 'xinitrc' file localed in '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit' to this email . i'm a newbie with linux. and i don't really know what to do. THANK IN ADVANCE FOR ALL YOUR HELP. =) JL 'XINITRC' FILE #!/bin/sh # $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $ userresources=$HOME/.Xresources usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap # merge in defaults and keymaps if [ -f $sysresources ]; then xrdb -merge $sysresources fi if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then xmodmap $sysmodmap fi if [ -f $userresources ]; then xrdb -merge $userresources fi if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then xmodmap $usermodmap fi if [ -z "$BROWSER" ] ; then # we need to find a browser on this system BROWSER=`which netscape` if [ -z "$BROWSER" ] || [ ! -e "$BROWSER" ] ; then # not found yet BROWSER= fi fi if [ -z "$BROWSER" ] ; then # we need to find a browser on this system BROWSER=`which lynx` if [ -z "$BROWSER" ] || [ ! -e "$BROWSER" ] ; then # not found yet BROWSER= else BROWSER="xterm -font 9x15 -e lynx" fi fi if [ -z "$BROWSER" ] ; then # we need to find a browser on this system BROWSER=`which arena` if [ -z "$BROWSER" ] || [ ! -e "$BROWSER" ] ; then # not found yet BROWSER= fi fi export BROWSER # start some nice programs if [ -f $HOME/.Xclients ]; then exec $HOME/.Xclients elif [ -f /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients ]; then exec /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients else xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & if [ -f /usr/X11R6/bin/arena -a -f /usr/doc/HTML/index.html ]; then arena /usr/doc/HTML/index.html & fi if [ -f /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm ]; then exec fvwm else exec twm fi fi --- * Origin: Doggy's BBS (3054:3054/29) From : Jayel L. Villamin (2:293/3223.0) Automated SMTP mail by BeeGate v0.97 (C)Aggy -- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>