startx is really just a small wrapper around the X command. (It's a 250 line shell script at /usr/bin/startx) What it mostly does is invoke "X" with a few arguments, one of which is your .xinitrc file, which is also a shell script. If you're not familiar with this file, what it is is a list of programs which should be started (it's literally just a shell script). Mostly what you'd want to do is background a bunch of programs like: pidgin & terminal & And then at the end have one main program that runs: metacity # or whatever you use -- possibly kdm3 will work here. Then literally those programs will start. You can do more complex constructs since shell supports if/for/while, etc. Anyway, good luck. -AT On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Holloway <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey there, > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:00:41AM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: >> I have found /etc/rc.d/kdm3, and I am searching for where it gets called by >> startx -- any hints? Also, I'll try downgrading the nvidia driver, in the mean >> time. > > One way is to put kdm3 in the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf. Then it > magically appears at boot time. > > If you want to start KDE through startx you have to edit your > ~/.xinitrc. > > Greets >
