Thanks a ton, I just had startkde which was my problem. I am still getting
the hang of things.

Much appreciation,
	Dan 

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, dan radom wrote:

> startx calls xinit, which in turn reads $HOME/.xinitrc.  you can also do xinit exec startkde.
> 
> dan
> 
> * Daniel Picker (dp3@cec.wustl.edu) wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 	I have tried several window managers and desktops and like kde
> > 3.0.1 the most. My question is how do I make it so that startx goes
> > straight into kde instead of me having to type startx and then start kde.
> > I have lookeed at the .xinitrc and .Xauthority files but have had no luck
> > in changing them. Also , how do I get syntax highliting in the terminal
> > windows.  Thanks in advance, 
> > 	
> > 
> > 	Daniel
>