X11 windows not setting up properly

[Gerry Freymann]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:00:16 -0500
paul thodiyil <pthodiyil at gmail.com> wrote:

>Could anyone suggest a fix for the failure of KDE or gnome desktops to
>appear after startx.

 Did you create a file called  .xinitrc in your home directory with the
following content?

startkde

 Otherwise, it just loads the boring plain Xfree interface with no windows
manager or desktop.

-gerry