This is a quick start guide for users who fit the following pattern:
X is configured and works with the command startx from the commandline.
Each user will generally only use a single window manager or desktop environment, and does not change this choice very often, or is comfortable editing a single text file in order to change their choice.
This scenario will be sufficient for many environments where a single user or several users normally boot the computer and log into their preferred environment.
Procedure 2.1. Setting up a Default Session
Create or open the file ~/.xinitrc
If you already have a working ~/.xinitrc
, go to
the next step
If one does not already exist, add a line to the
~/.xinitrc
to start your preferred window manager
or desktop environment.
For TDE you should enter:
starttde
For other window managers or desktop environments, you should look in their documentation for the correct command.
Make a link as follows:
ln -s
~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession
At this point, typing startx
on the commandline should start X, with a TDE session. The next task is
to try TDM.
As root
, type
tdm
at the prompt.
You should see a login window, which is described more fully in Chapter 3, The Login Window.
Typing your normal username and password in the fields provided, and
leaving default
selected as the session type should now
open a TDE session for your user.
If you have other users to configure, you should repeat the procedure above for each of them.
This is a quick guide to getting up and running only. You probably will want to customize TDM further, for example, to hide the names of the system accounts, to allow further sessions, and much more. Please read through the rest of this manual to find out how to do these things.
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