why gnome At 00:12 04/06/2000 +0200, you wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > On 31 May, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > Anybody who has any information on this subject is welcome to respond. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > Hmmm... I don't remember when this was configured but at installation time, > > you can tell the system to boot KDE or GNOME or something else. I had to do > > a partial reinstall because of a LILO problem and when I boot, the xdm > > windows allows me to choose what desktop env. I want. I would eventually > > like to revert to GNOME only (like it was when I did my first install). > > > > L > > > > -- > > Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an > intelligence test, > > U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have > failed it." > > Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug > Camilli > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power! >If you want to use startx at console, >type first: >cd /root >mv .xinitrc .xinitrc.old >cp /usr/bin/gnome-session .xinitrc >chmod a+x .xinitrc >(if there is a message like ... not >found, that's ok) >Then do: startx. > >With xdm:(starting within level 5) >look at /etc/inittab, >here yoy have the choice, if >id:5:initdefault is prsent, xdm, kdm or >gdm. >This file verify the contents of >/etc/sysconfif/desktop and modify le >symbolic link /etc/X11/prefdm (at the >end of /etc/inittab) to /usr/bin/gdm if >the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop contains >'GNOME' w/c. > >Note: >the display manager depends about the >contents of the file >/etc/sysconfig/desktop and that after >that, you can execute, >with the .Xclients of your $HOME dir, >the window manager of your choice. > >Ex.: >If the file /etc/sysconfif/desktop >contains the line 'GNOME' (w/c), >the display manager shall be gnome and >if $HOME/.Xclients contains >/usr/X11R6/bin/RunWM-KDE, kde will be >launched. > >Sorry, if I was not clear enough ! >Eric > >-- >FRANCE (Be careful, my English can hurt >you) ---------------------------------- Best Regard's , Amir Tal, System Administrator Intercomp Ltd. Cell : 051-473382 Office : 09-9526993. Have a Nice Day... :-) ----------------------------------
