how to make enlightenment run

[rezza Veteran]

i have installed enlightenment for the first time - but how do i start it?

can i set it to start by default when i startx? or do i have to use the enlightenment equivalent of kdm/gdm?

any help would be greatly appreciated, as i have absolutely zero experience of running x on anything apart from gnome/kde...

[dmd3x]

if you have kdm or gdm you can use those to start enlightenment from the session/window managers menu by editing some config files. otherwise you can log into a failsafe session and type enlightenment at the prompt.

[rezza Veteran]

hmm... so do i need gnome or kde installed to run enlightenment? and what exactly is a failsafe session, because i only have twm installed (the butt-ugly x default) and if i go into that, i get a "bash: enlightenment: command not found" error.

[Guest jl7c2]

$ echo "exec enlightenment" > ~/.xinitrc
$ startx

I don't have Enlightenment so I don't know if that command "enlightenment" is the correct one. It may be something like "e" or "e16" or "e17".

Edited July 24, 2003 by jl7c2

[syscrash2k]

$ echo "exec /usr/local/enlightenment/bin/enlightenment" > ~/.xinitrc
$ startx

Should do it.

[dmd3x]

  rezza said:

hmm... so do i need gnome or kde installed to run enlightenment? and what exactly is a failsafe session, because i only have twm installed (the butt-ugly x default) and if i go into that, i get a "bash: enlightenment: command not found" error.

nope, those suggestions i made were for if you allready had gdm or kdm installed.

it should run when you type enlightenment and have it properly installed, or at least say another window manager running or something like that. it might also be e16 or e17 or maybe something else like someone mentioned. try using an absolute path also (starts with /)

[Tek]

Edit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and change "exec startkde" or something similar to "exec enlightenment" or whatever the enlightenment binary is called.

[rezza Veteran]

heh thx for the help all, worked a charm. i can now start e with startx, or gnome with gdm :D

i love linux...

[kemical]

  rezza said:

heh thx for the help all, worked a charm. i can now start e with startx, or gnome with gdm :D

i love linux...

and linux loves you grasshopper

[syscrash2k]

  kemical said:

  rezza said:

heh thx for the help all, worked a charm. i can now start e with startx, or gnome with gdm :D

i love linux...

and linux loves you grasshopper

Grasshopper? :huh:

[dmd3x]

  syscrash2k said:

  kemical said:

  rezza said:

heh thx for the help all, worked a charm. i can now start e with startx, or gnome with gdm :D

i love linux...

and linux loves you grasshopper

Grasshopper? :huh:

maybe it means n00b?