[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> This wasn't a new question, so I pulled this up from the archives.
> Hope it helps.
>
> Barry :-)
>
> >How do you start X? If X automatically loads at startup, you should get a
> >graphical login screen that has a drop-down menu from which you can select an
> >environment. If GNOME isn't there, then it probably isn't installed (Mandrake
> >GNOME should automatically put an entry there if it is installed).
> >
> >If X does not automatically load at bootup (i.e. you get a plain console),
> >you can change what environment loads when you type startx by editing the
> >.Xclients-default file in your home directory. If it doesn't exist then
> >simply create a text file by that name. In that file (as in all shell
> >scripts), any line beginning with a # can be ignored (they are simply
> >comments). The only line that should not have a # preceding it is the one
> >(there should be only one) that loads your environment. To load GNOME when
> >you run startx at the console put "exec gnome-session" (without the quotes)
> >in the file. For KDE, put "exec startkde", for IceWM, put "exec icewm", for
> >xfce put "exec xfce", and for Sawfish put "exec sawfish". In other words,
> >just put the execution file for the particular environment you want after the
> >word exec.
Now I'm curious. I went to my users home directory and there is no
.Xclient-default file.
I don't use a graphical login...
So...how does my setup (Mandrake v7.1) know to boot KDE when I type in
"startx"... ;-)
Thanks!
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