>
>Is there a file in your /home/[username] directory named .xinitrc?
>
>If yes, the last line ought to specify the default window manager.
>Edit the file to comment out 'startkde' and insert the line
>
>exec [command-to-start-the-WM-you-want]
>
>I don't want to recommend blindly creating an .xinitrc. You could try
>creating one with only the line exec
>[command-to-start-the-WM-you-want], and see what happens. No
>promises.
>
>If there's no .xinitrc, then K might be starting because of the code
>in /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients. Take a look below. There is no
>/etc/sysconfig/desktop created in a Red Hat or Mandrake install,
>AFAIK.
>
>Because there's no /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and if gnome's not
>installed, the default desktop is K (absent .xinitrc in /home).
>
>[insert part of /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients here]
>
>#!/bin/bash
># (c) 1999 Red Hat Software, Inc.
>
># check to see if the user has a preferred desktop
>PREFERRED=
>if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
> if [ -n "`grep -i GNOME /etc/sysconfig/desktop`" ]; then
> PREFERRED=gnome-session
> elif [ -n "`grep -i KDE /etc/sysconfig/desktop`" ]; then
> PREFERRED=startkde
> elif [ -n "`grep -i AnotherLevel /etc/sysconfig/desktop`" ]; then
> PREFERRED=AnotherLevel
> else
> PREFERRED=Default
> fi
>fi
>
>if [ -n "$PREFERRED" -a "$PREFERRED" != "AnotherLevel" ] && \
> which $PREFERRED >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> PREFERRED=`which $PREFERRED`
> exec $PREFERRED
>fi
>
># now if we can reach here, either they want AnotherLevel or there was
># no desktop file present and the PREFERRED variable is not set.
>
>if [ -z "$PREFERRED" ]; then
>
> GSESSION=gnome-session
> STARTKDE=startkde
>
> # by default, we run KDE
> if which $STARTKDE >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> exec `which $STARTKDE`
> fi
>
> # if KDE isn't installed, try GNOME
> if which $GSESSION >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> exec `which $GSESSION`
> fi
>
>fi
>
>[end inserted part of /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients here]
>
Sorry to change the subject in mid thread but.
Why is it there is no /etc/sysconfig/desktop
in these installs? And is there a way to create
this file to fix this problem and chose the
WM you want? I've always wondered about that.
Thanx,
SA
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>of self-criticism." - [G.K. Chesterton, in Sidelights on New London
>and Newer New York]
Why is it there is no /etc/sysconfig/desktop
in these installs? And is there a way to create
this file to fix this problem and chose the
WM you want? I've always wondered about that.
Thanx,
SA
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