On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:16:23 -0800 (PST) Tim Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I install XFree4.20 updating from the 4.1 distribution with > RedHat 7.2 I'm unable to use Gnome or KDE. The system reboots fine > but displays a console log at login then instead of displaying KDE. We see this question at least once or twice a week: "I upgraded XFree86 and clobbered the script that started Gnome or KDE for me, and I have no idea where or what script it was so I don't know how to put it back". Unfortunately, there's *lot's* of different ways to do this, depending on whether you use xdm/kdm/gdm(?) or just startx and whether it's configured system-wide or just for one user. Unfotunately, we have no really convenient way to search the archives except Google. Jacek Boboli recently posted a hint for Suse: http://XFree86.Org/pipermail/newbie/2002-March/014898.html and Lionel Lecoq had a suggestion that might help for RedHat: http://XFree86.Org/pipermail/newbie/2002-March/014556.html I don't use Gnome or KDE or Linux, and I've always wondered why System Administrators don't have enough influence with vendors to force some standardization the way programmers have [don't start that rant now, Ted]. I use xdm, and put code in my $HOME/.xsession to start my window manager. If you're one of those people who likes to have lots of knobs to tweak, "man xdm" and just start following through it. It's just X resource files and simple shell scripts, but with a little imagination you can do all sorts of marvelous things. All I've done is put this on my login screen: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19991114 -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
