On Nov 20, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Richard E. Miles wrote:

> I have been puzzled by this for quite some time. When I start up using
> startx both gnome and kde start but my .xinitrc file just calls kde to
> start. This seems strange to me. Here is my .xinitrc file:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> /sw/bin/esd &
> #export ESPEAKER=localhost
> . /sw/bin/init.sh
> #if [ $1 ]
> #then
> #quartz-wm --only-proxy &
> #gnome-panel &
> #gdm &
> # use GNOMES's window manager
> #metacity --replace &
> # use enlightenment window manager
> #e16 --replace &
> # start GNOME
> #exec gnome-session
> #else
> #export KDEWM=kwin
> quartz-wm --only-proxy &
> export KDEWM=e16
> /sw/bin/startkde >/tmp/kde.log 2>&1
> #fi
>
> Why is this so?
> Your help would be appreciated.
> thanks.
> Richard E. Miles
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>

If you started GNOME after running KDE at some point, it's possible  
that your KDE saved session loads it.

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