RH9: Switching between KDE and Gnome

2003-09-23 Thread Brenden T
determined that I have no files such as ~/.xserverrc or ~/.Xsession . Is there some sort of point by point check list of the steps to get KDE running? Note I want to be able to switch between KDE and Gnome. Any help is greatly appreciated. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL

no wm but KDE and GNOME

2003-09-22 Thread Lukas Fried
After using KDE for a while, I'm getting a bit tired of its bloatedness and am ready to move on to a more minimalistic WM. I never really liked GNOME and my top two choices for a new WM are Fluxbox and sawfish. Both of them are installed on my system but I can't seem to get them to run. Typing

Re: no wm but KDE and GNOME

2003-09-22 Thread Bret Hughes
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 19:04, Lukas Fried wrote: After using KDE for a while, I'm getting a bit tired of its bloatedness and am ready to move on to a more minimalistic WM. I never really liked GNOME and my top two choices for a new WM are Fluxbox and sawfish. Both of them are installed on my

Automatic KDE to Gnome switch....

2003-08-29 Thread Jesse Millan
Anyone ever had the old KDE gnome switcharoo? I log into KDE, KDE starts and after about 5-10 seconds I auto-magically switch to Ximian Gnome. Its very aggravating. -- Jesse Millan CNS Server Team Portland State University Phone: (503) 725-3285 Fax: (503) 725-6487 Give me ambiguity or give me

Re: Using a WM other than KDE or Gnome

2003-08-14 Thread Ben Hall
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 16:54, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Why not make use of MenuMaker to create menus for you - they're compliable...?? See, now this is just the kind of thing I was looking for. From reading the site it looks as though it just finds executables, right? This is close, but I'd

Re: Using a WM other than KDE or Gnome

2003-08-14 Thread Ben Hall
Thanks, I'll look into this. Does anyone know if WindowMaker has an equivalent add-on? On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 09:34, David Hart wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 09:12, Ben Hall wrote: There is an add-on to Ice that facilitates Gnome Menus. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Using a WM other than KDE or Gnome

2003-08-14 Thread Stephen Kuhn
, and a user logging into two systems gives errors about config files being overwritten etc.) As an alternative to Gnome or KDE, I have been looking into setting the default WM to one of WindowMaker, IceWM or XFCE. (3.18) however, it appears as though none of these follow the freedesktop.org

Using a WM other than KDE or Gnome

2003-08-14 Thread Ben Hall
about config files being overwritten etc.) As an alternative to Gnome or KDE, I have been looking into setting the default WM to one of WindowMaker, IceWM or XFCE. (3.18) however, it appears as though none of these follow the freedesktop.org spec for system menus. Do any of you know of existing

Re: Using a WM other than KDE or Gnome

2003-08-14 Thread David Hart
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 09:12, Ben Hall wrote: Hello, As an alternative to Gnome or KDE, I have been looking into setting the default WM to one of WindowMaker, IceWM or XFCE. (3.18) however, it appears as though none of these follow the freedesktop.org spec for system menus. Do any of you

MIgrating users from WindowsME to RH9. Where to find a KDE or GNOME theme that look like WindowsME?

2003-06-19 Thread Apollo (Carmel Entertainment)
(or at least something that does not look at least 90% same), they would freak out and it would take me forever to warm them up to the new system. Is there a look for Gnome or KDE that would resemble WindowsME(or XP) as close as possible? Where can I get that theme? Apolinaras Apollo Sinkevicius Carmel

how to install KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-06 Thread Tan, Julien
Hi, I have just successfully installed the linux RH7.3 and the option did not ask for installation of the KDE. So I would need help to install that manually, please help. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe

Re: how to install KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-06 Thread j_post
On Monday 06 January 2003 10:36 pm, you wrote: Hi, I have just successfully installed the linux RH7.3 and the option did not ask for installation of the KDE. So I would need help to install that manually, please help. With RH7.2: On the login screen, click on Session, then click on KDE.

Re: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-16 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 13-Dec-2002/15:03 -0600, Jody Cleveland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you need a GUI filemanager, turn off Nautilus and use GMC. I didn't realize gmc was gui. Is it the same as the one you see when you type in mc at a command line? There's a lot of the same code, but GMC has been extended

RE: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-16 Thread Jody Cleveland
There's a lot of the same code, but GMC has been extended with a GUI. How do I get it, or get to it? Jody -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-16 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 16-Dec-2002/08:49 -0600, Jody Cleveland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a lot of the same code, but GMC has been extended with a GUI. How do I get it, or get to it? Open an xterm; You'll need it to start GMC. Then look for a session management app in the menu system. You'll need to change

RE: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-13 Thread Jody Cleveland
If you need a GUI filemanager, turn off Nautilus and use GMC. I didn't realize gmc was gui. Is it the same as the one you see when you type in mc at a command line? Jody -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe

KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-12 Thread -Taylor -
An age old question for the collective...KDE or Gnome... Greetings all! I have an older (266MHz 96MB RAM) PC running RedHat 7.3. It plods along at a decent rate. I installed the KDE desktop just out of force of habit and was wondering if Gnome would run quicker or if there is really

Re: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-12 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 14:54, -Taylor - wrote: An age old question for the collective...KDE or Gnome... Greetings all! I have an older (266MHz 96MB RAM) PC running RedHat 7.3. It plods along at a decent rate. I installed the KDE desktop just out of force of habit and was wondering

Re: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-12 Thread Ben Russo
old question for the collective...KDE or Gnome... Greetings all! I have an older (266MHz 96MB RAM) PC running RedHat 7.3. It plods along at a decent rate. I installed the KDE desktop just out of force of habit and was wondering if Gnome would run quicker or if there is really no drastic

Re: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-12 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 12-Dec-2002/14:54 -0600, -Taylor - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An age old question for the collective...KDE or Gnome... Greetings all! I have an older (266MHz 96MB RAM) PC running RedHat 7.3. It plods along at a decent rate. I installed the KDE desktop just out of force of habit

Re: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-12 Thread Johnathan Bailes
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 17:52, Anthony E. Greene wrote: On 12-Dec-2002/14:54 -0600, -Taylor - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An age old question for the collective...KDE or Gnome... Greetings all! I have an older (266MHz 96MB RAM) PC running RedHat 7.3. It plods along at a decent rate. I

Re: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-12 Thread Keith W. Sheffield
-Taylor == -Taylor - [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: An age old question for the collective...KDE or Gnome... Greetings all! I have an older (266MHz 96MB RAM) PC running RedHat 7.3. It plods along at a decent rate. I installed the KDE desktop just out of force of habit and was wondering

Re: Shifting between KDE and Gnome

2002-11-02 Thread Mr. Elusive
If you are running Red Hat 8, At the login screen in the lower left corner, click Session. A Dialog will open asking you which desktop you want. Choose and be happy. -Josh -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe

Re: Shifting between KDE and Gnome

2002-11-02 Thread Anthony Abby
use switchdesk Anthony Hi all, Is the any way we can shift beween GNOME and KDE if we have both installed on the desktop. I'd appreciate your suggestions. Peram _ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http

Re: Shifting between KDE and Gnome

2002-11-02 Thread Sudhaker P
Did you try the Xconfigurator? You need to configure your display settings with the command and then try startx. Thanks, Peram From: sam basom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shifting between KDE and Gnome Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 13:00:47

Shifting between KDE and Gnome

2002-11-01 Thread Sudhaker P
Hi all, Is the any way we can shift beween GNOME and KDE if we have both installed on the desktop. I'd appreciate your suggestions. Peram _ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com

Re: Shifting between KDE and Gnome

2002-11-01 Thread sam basom
PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Is the any way we can shift beween GNOME and KDE if we have both installed on the desktop. I'd appreciate your suggestions. Peram _ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access

RE: Shifting between KDE and Gnome

2002-11-01 Thread Brenden Walker
Switchdesk is the application I think, requires a restart of X client though. -Original Message- From: Sudhaker P [mailto:perams27;hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Shifting between KDE and Gnome Hi all, Is the any way we

Re: Shifting between KDE and Gnome

2002-11-01 Thread fluke
Modify id:3:initdefault in /etc/inittab from runlevel 3 to 5 Reboot Make the desired selection during login to gdm On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Sudhaker P wrote: Is the any way we can shift beween GNOME and KDE if we have both installed on the desktop. I'd appreciate your suggestions. Peram

KDE or Gnome panel launcher

2002-10-28 Thread David Domaguin
Can anyone help me with creating a launcher for kde and or gnome manually? What we're trying to accomplish is to create a desktop panel launcher button withoutthat we can installwith our rpm installation sothat the launcher will be there automatically. Can someone lead me to what files need

Re: KDE or Gnome panel launcher

2002-10-28 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28-Oct-2002/18:17 -0800, David Domaguin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone help me with creating a launcher for kde and or gnome manually? What we're trying to accomplish is to create a desktop panel launcher button without that we can install

KDE in Gnome

2002-07-28 Thread Doug Lerner
Well, since my old 6 GB HD died I went over to Shinjuku today and got a new IBM 40 GB HD - just $64! Anyway, everything is re-installed. whew Since I had more disk space this time I installed also KDE in addition to Gnome. But what does it mean that there is a KDE menu inside Gnome? I thought

Re: KDE in Gnome

2002-07-28 Thread Michael Scottaline
in addition to Gnome. But what does it mean that there is a KDE menu inside Gnome? I thought they were two separate desktop environments. It seems that from inside Gnome I can access all the KDE menus/apps - even the KDE desktop theme settings. = Coool, huh ;o

Re: KDE in Gnome

2002-07-28 Thread Doug Lerner
like: Xfce, Icewm, Blackbox, Fluxbox, Enlightenment, Windowmaker, afterst. (huh, well, you get the point ;)) What does it mean, though, for there to be KDE desktop themes settings from inside Gnome? And about the apps, if they run under either KDE or Gnome, why are they called KDE apps? doug

Re: KDE in Gnome

2002-07-28 Thread Duncan Hill
in. And about the apps, if they run under either KDE or Gnome, why are they called KDE apps? Because they're distributed (invariably) with the KDE system, and they're written to integrate right into KDE cleanly. If you start a KDE-specific app in Gnome via a terminal, you might see stuff about

KDE and Gnome (was Re: KDE in Gnome)

2002-07-28 Thread Doug Lerner
So: (1) Would a KDE app run faster directly under KDE than in Gnome? (2) Why not design all apps like Netscape so they are non-desktop-manager-specific? (3) Are both KDE and Gnome equally active as far as support and on-going development and enthusiasm goes? (4) Are there KDE/Gnome warz

Re: KDE and Gnome (was Re: KDE in Gnome)

2002-07-28 Thread Duncan Hill
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Doug Lerner wrote: So: (1) Would a KDE app run faster directly under KDE than in Gnome? I can't say I've noticed a slow down running K apps under Gnome, or vice versa. There is a definite difference in looks of course. (2) Why not design all apps like Netscape so

Re: KDE and Gnome (was Re: KDE in Gnome)

2002-07-28 Thread Brian Ashe
Doug Lerner, On Sunday July 28, 2002 04:44, you said something about: So: (1) Would a KDE app run faster directly under KDE than in Gnome? Not necessarily run faster, but it would load faster. (2) Why not design all apps like Netscape so they are non-desktop-manager-specific

KDE vs Gnome

2002-01-04 Thread Julian Opificius
Hi all, I was using Gnome for a while, and really liked the ability to change desktops by moving the mouse to the edge of the screen I have since changed to KDE - for reasons I can't now remember (!) and would like to know if and how I can achieve the same functionality. I cant find any thing

moving menus from kde to gnome?

2000-04-21 Thread redhat
Is there an easy way to do this? I just installed WP office 2000 and it installed a menu to KDE but I use Gnome. Thanks, Steve -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

sourcing /etc/zshenv under kde and gnome

2000-02-17 Thread Hugo Bouckaert
Hi All I have a problem which is crucial for people using kde and gnome. All our computers have some extra code in their /etc/zshenv file which delimits which people can use which machines. Essentialy it runs like this if ! fgrep -x "$LOGNAME" $LABDIR/lab2.5 ; then and some more