Setting up the KDE Window Manager

To set up your window manager to the KDE window manager, just put these lines in your .xsession file:

KDEDIR=/usr/local/kde; export KDEDIR
QTDIR=/usr/local/qt; export QTDIR
PATH=$KDEDIR/bin:$QTDIR/bin:$PATH; export PATH
MANPATH=$QTDIR/man:$MANPATH; export MANPATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$KDEDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
LD_RUN_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; export LD_RUN_PATH
LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; export LIBRARY_PATH
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$QTDIR/include:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH; export
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
# Set up the X11 base directory
OPENWIN=/usr/openwin
X11_BASE=/usr/local/X11
export X11_BASE OPENWIN
# Start Window Manager.
if [ -x $KDEDIR/bin/startkde ]; then
$KDEDIR/bin/startkde
elif [ -x $X11_BASE/bin/fvwm2 ]; then
$X11_BASE/bin/fvwm2
elif [ -x $X11_BASE/bin/twm ]; then
$X11_BASE/bin/twm
fi