Ah .. the good old days but alas switchdesk doesn't come with 7.2
Greg
Mark Weaver wrote:
>
> You can make Gnome the default X mandager by setting it as such with
> Switchdesk. Once you're logged in and X is running it's on the menu
> somewhere, but I've always called it from a terminal. Just type in
> Switchesk, and then choose Gnome from the menu and tell it to apply the
> change. that's all there is to it.
>
> --
> Mark
>
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
>
> Linus Torvalds
>
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
>
> > Dennis Myers wrote:
> > >
> > > When it boots to the login box that wants either the user + password or
> > > root + password there is a button that has kde on it
> > > click on that button and all of the installed choices including gnome
> > > will drop down. Click gnome and pull up a
> > > mushroom. Oh, then click "go" sorry my strange sense of humor got in
> > > the way back there.
> >
> > <grin>
> >
> > Okay, first of all I didn't make my message clear enough. My brother and I both
> > know how to change from a *graphical* login. Neither one of us do that though.
> > We both boot up to the time-honored command line/prompt. So...how or what do
> > you change from there to switch? Thanks!
> >
> > PS...or is it still easier to run DrakConf and set it to a graphical login,
> > pick Gnome as default, then run DrakConf again, and tell it NOT to start X
> > automagically? ;-)
> >
> > PSS I'd still like to know the other way, for curiosities sake... ;-)
> >
> >
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