On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Shawn E. Thompson wrote:
>Hi all,
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> I recently installed Mandrake Linux 6.1 and KDE.....I know I can go
> into LinuxConfig and change the boot mode to automatically launch
> the KDE gui or to just call upa default shell (bash in my case).
> Anyway, what part of my boot process launches this gui?
Check /etc/inittab, initlevel statement. Pretty simple to
understand.
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> In Solaris 1.0 (my old background) there was a .cshrc file that did
> everything like this. However the .cshrc .bashrc etc files dont
> refer to this ion any fashion.
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> Also, is there an easy way to have the startx command call gnome
> instead of KDE ???
If you're running initlevel 5 (see above), then you'll have a
nice login window where you can choose the session type.
Also if you have desktop switch installed, you can do it that
way.
Another approack is to call explicitly what window namager you
want in ~/.xinitrc or ~/.Xclients
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>Shawn E. Thompson, MS
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>Director of Engineering & Operations Strippit,Inc.-Tooling Division
>Adjunct/Part-Time Faculty N.C.C. & Buffalo State Colleges
>Academic Advisory Committee N.C.C. & Buffalo State Colleges
>Founding Partner DST Enterprises
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