On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 07:45:30 -0600, "Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Many thanks. > > Method 1 > > startx gnome won't call gnome but a different windows manager.
Try "startx Gnome" (with a capital 'G'). > Method 2 > > There is no such xtart on my 8.1 Is it part of X? xtart is a separate package. Once installed, type 'xtart' to run it. > On Saturday 16 February 2002 07:54 pm, you wrote: > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 18:49:12 -0600, "Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My system is set up not to use the graphic login window (somehow this > > > won't allow me to use multiple Xs) so I need to call KDE I simply issue > > > the command startx -- :.0.0 (or 1.0 or 2.0 ...) &. For gnome I have > > > tried startgnome but there is a problem with display and X won't start. > > > How can I call gnome (or any other win manager) from a command line? > > > > Method 1 > > ======== > > Type the name of your environment after the startx command, > > e.g. 'startx gnome' and 'startx kde' > > > > Method 2 > > ======== > > Install xtart (part of Mandrake) and type 'xtart'. You will get a menu of > > which environment to use. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "50,000 monkeys at 50,000 typewriters can't be wrong." -- Wil Wheaton
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