generic wrote:
>
> Hmmm.... I was just able to get GNOME started by creating
> a file: $HOME/.xinitrc that starts GNOME:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> exec gnome-session
>
> [ the rest of my rant snipped ]
O.K., I finally figured out how to start the Window Manager of
my choice via shell commands. Upon careful review of the scripts:
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, and /etc/X11/Xsession,
it appears that the command: /usr/sbin/chksession -l will give a list
of the Window Managers available.
In my case:
$ /usr/sbin/chksession -l
KDE Gnome WindowMaker Enlightenment BlackBox XFce AfterStep IceWM Sawfish
Fvwm2 Fvwm1 default failsafe
To start X with GNOME, I simply have to type:
$ startx Gnome
and it works! (The same works with KDE, WindowMaker, etc.)
One word of caution, however, if you use "startx Enlightenment", it will
create the file: $HOME/.xinitrc, $HOME/.Xclients, and some other file (I
think $HOME/.xsession, but I'm not positive at the moment). Just be sure
to delete those files/links before trying startx with any other Window
Manager, or you'll just get Enlightenment starting.
Of course, you can make an alias for each of the startx sessions. For me
'g' is aliased to "startx Gnome", 'k' is aliased to "startx KDE".
Cheers,
GenEric
