In lieu of having a .Xclient-default in your home directory,
there is a default configuration that specifies KDE. But you
can still _add_ a .Xclient-default to your directory. In it,
put "exec manager" (no quotes) where "manager" is the window
manager you want.
You can do a list of available managers by doing a
"chksession -l". A funny thing with my set up, though: my
chksession list includes "Gnome", but I can't bring up Gnome
unless .Xclient-default file says, "exec startgnome". Maybe
this will work for you.
Miark
> 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!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnome/v7.2 question.
> [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.
>
>
> --
>
>
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