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Changing Bootup from LMCE to Kubuntu Desktop

Started by trimble, February 11, 2009, 05:12:25 AM

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trimble

I installed LMCE from the DVD which sets up my machine to boot into LMCE directly. I use my machine primarily as a PC and would like to boot to the Kubuntu desktop first. Is it possible (and how) to make this change post-install?

Regards,
Mark

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trimble

Cool, thanks posde.

I'm thinking that following these instructions will take me to KDE with the LMCE Core not running on bootup:

cd /
cat >etc/inittab <<"EOF"
# WARNING: Do NOT set the default runlevel to 0 (shutdown) or 6 (reboot).
id:2:initdefault: # KDE
#id:3:initdefault: # Core
#id:4:initdefault: # Core + KDE
#id:5:initdefault: # Launch Manager
EOF

I'll make this edit tonight when I get home and report back on how it goes.

Regards,
Mark

trimble

No joy.

I created an /etc/inittab file as specified, but either I haven't assigned the file proper permissions or the id:2 directive is being ignored or overridden during startup by something else.

Now I'm curious what the CD install does to enable a Kubuntu desktop startup.

Mark

Zaerc

Quote from: trimble on February 12, 2009, 02:58:02 AM
No joy.

I created an /etc/inittab file as specified, but either I haven't assigned the file proper permissions or the id:2 directive is being ignored or overridden during startup by something else.

Now I'm curious what the CD install does to enable a Kubuntu desktop startup.

Mark
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