[newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?

2004-07-21 Thread Margot
I've been using XFCE4 for a while now after switching from KDE - much quicker to load, simple layout, does what I want it to do...until now. I set a nice simple desktop layout - panel at the bottom, icons growing up the right hand side, taskbar at the top, a plain purple background with a

Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?

2004-07-21 Thread Job Evers
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Margot wrote: I've been using XFCE4 for a while now after switching from KDE - much quicker to load, simple layout, does what I want it to do...until now. I set a nice simple desktop layout - panel at the bottom, icons growing up the right hand side, taskbar at the top,

Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?

2004-07-21 Thread Margot
Todd Slater wrote: How are you starting XFce4? My initial thought is that you have some program running in the background that is changing your background. Switch on computer, select user 'margot', xfce4 is selected by default, enter my password...I usually have kppp and konsole running at

Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?

2004-07-21 Thread Margot
Job Evers wrote: I had a similar problem when I first started using pekwm. Everytime I fired up nautilus it also brought up the gnome background. I discovered that 'nautilus --no-desktop' fixes this problem. I am not sure if KDE/konquerer has a similar feature but it might be something to look

Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?

2004-07-21 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 06:50, Margot wrote: Errr...I'm afraid I have no idea where to find the startup script! And what is chbg? Thanks for your help so far. Margot /etc/X11/xfce4/xinitrc stephen kuhn - proprietor __

Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?

2004-07-21 Thread Margot
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 06:50, Margot wrote: Errr...I'm afraid I have no idea where to find the startup script! And what is chbg? Thanks for your help so far. Margot /etc/X11/xfce4/xinitrc Thanks Stephen! Well, here's the file - does it look normal? No mention of chbg, or

Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?

2004-07-21 Thread Todd Slater
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 11:08:47PM +0100, Margot wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 06:50, Margot wrote: Errr...I'm afraid I have no idea where to find the startup script! And what is chbg? Thanks for your help so far. Margot /etc/X11/xfce4/xinitrc Thanks