How to get a KDE to run

[Karl Larsen]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Sunday 10 May 2009 20:40, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
>>     
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>       
>>>>     I am on my 8.10 Linux and I used $ sudo aptitude install kde and it
>>>> did so. But when I rebooted it still has Gnome Window Manager. It said
>>>> something about looking at /etc/init.c and setting the default properly.
>>>> I will try that and see.
>>>>         
>>> When it boots and you come to the gnome login screen you can choose what
>>> kind of session you want and what you want as default.
>>>       
>>     Not on this laptop. I got it to stop at the screen to login with and
>> clicked on options and looked at everything and no kde was even mentioned.
>>
>> So the heck with kde. It's too hard to get working on 8.10. I am sure it
>> is all installed but it sure is not working...
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>     
>
> Hi Karl.
>
> That's odd. Normally you enter your login name, then the session button 
> appears, and you can select which you want to login to, KDE, Gnome, whatever.
>
> Nigel.
>
>   
    What I did was get the synaptic running and had it reload kde and 
now I have a new login window with flowers and such, but when I get to 
the desktop it looks like a Gnome with under Applications I have a whole 
lot of kde type as well as gedit and the usual gnome tools. It is 
possible I have kde running now. But IS IT running right?   That is a 
question :-)

Karl