Hmmm.... I was just able to get GNOME started by creating a file: $HOME/.xinitrc that starts GNOME: #!/bin/sh exec gnome-session This works, but I was looking for a more automated way of doing this, like the "switchdesk" utility that existed in 7.0 and 7.1. I know this was a RedHat mechanism, but don't you Mandrake folks have a similar mechanism for 7.2? If not, PLEASE PUT IT BACK IN!!! It's easy enough for me to make a small shell script to copy or link to this .xinitrc file, but most newbies probably would find this a bit unsettling. I don't start X from bootup, so that is not an option for me to use the Login Manager mechanism to choose a session, unless it can be done from a console login session as a normal user (not root). It would have been nice to have provided documentation on doing this, as I and probably many out there, like the ability to choose a window manager per login session. To my knowledge and search, there is no mention of doing what I want in this regard. The only subject related to this in the help docs under KDE was related to the login manager, which is greyed out when the KDE control center is launched as a normal user. Why should I have to be root to control the session of an individual user? That's kind of George Orwellian/Bill Gatish in my opinion. Other than this issue, the Release looks quite solid. GenEric generic wrote: > > I just installed Mandrake 7.2 last night and am quite impressed! Good work Mandrake > guys/gals! > > I like KDE 2, but I really prefer to use GNOME. There are no > more switchdesk*.rpm packages anymore on either of the 2 installation > CD's, like there were in 7.0 and 7.1. My question is, what is the "new" > mechanism for switching the desktop from KDE -> GNOME, and vice-versa? > I would still like the ability to switch from KDE -> GNOME for most of > the time, but be able to switch from GNOME -> KDE for other times. > > Please help, > Thanks, > GenEric
