On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:24:04 -0400, Kevin Old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have installed most of the Desktop Environments (Enlightenment, KDE,
> WindowMaker, etc) that came with Mandrake 8.1, and would like to add Gnome.
> I was wondering how to add Gnome to the X startup interface of desktops that
> are installed on my machine and how to get into it the first time after
> installing it from scratch.
GNOME should already be in the menu if you installed from a Mandrake package. If
not, you may have to add it manually:
Open a root console and type "chksession -l". It should list all the valid
window manager choices that have been entered. If something's missing, find out
what you you should run to execute it. For example, GNOME has "gnome-session"
and KDE has "startkde". Now visit the /etc/X11/wmsession.d directory. You will
see a set of text files, each with a name beginning with a two-digit number
followed by the name of the environment (GNOME, KDE, IceWM ...). The structure
of these files should be something like this:
NAME=IceWM
ICON=icewm-wmsession.xpm
EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm
DESC=Lightweight desktop environment
SCRIPT:
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm
Create a text file with a name beginning with a number that has not already
been used followed by the name of the environment (e.g. 02GNOME). Put the
same information as above into the file, but replace the parts after the
equal signs and colon to what suits the environment you wish to enter. So
you could make a file called 02GNOME with the contents:
NAME=Gnome
ICON=gnome-logo-icon-transparent.xpm
DESC=Gnome Environment
EXEC=/usr/bin/startgnome
SCRIPT:
exec /usr/bin/startgnome
Run "chksession -l" again. This time, you should see your new entry amongst
the others. Make sure that you have the new environment installed and that
you have set X to start at boot (you can use XFdrake as root to do this).
Start/restart X (or reboot), and all should be well.
Alternatively, you can use the Xtart utility if you prefer to load X from the
command line (negating the need for a login manager).
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