if u start up X in gnome and want to use KDE orsomething else try
vi /etc/sysconfig/desktop
KDE
(or any other)
nd then startx

manish m
(happy Xing)
----- Original Message -----
From: C. Vasanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:49 PM
Subject: RE: [LIH] Window Managers


> Hi Amarendra:
>
> In one of the setups I just change the file .wm_style in the users'
> directory (remember the leading dot). For example, if I as root want to
use
> AfterStep, i change the file in /root/.wm_style and enter the word
> AfterStep in it.  This is a plain text file.  However, there is another
> setup in which this doesn't work.  You need to change it in the .xinitrc
> file in the users' directory.
>
> Can someone explain to me why this is so?
>
> Vasanth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amarendra GODBOLE [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 1:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LIH] Window Managers
>
> Hello World,
>
> Can someone tell me know how to change the X
> window managers ?
>
> Regards,
> Amar :)
>
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