Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-24 Thread dfox
Hello My system is set up not to use the graphic login window (somehow this won't allow me to use multiple Xs) so I need to call KDE I simply issue the command startx -- :.0.0 (or 1.0 or 2.0 ...) . For gnome I have tried startgnome but What I've done is to put lines for both window

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-24 Thread Darwin Gottfried
On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 13:54, dfox wrote: [..] What I've done is to put lines for both window environments in my $HOME/.xinitrc. A quick edit with vi, comment out the one you want to run and put a # comment just before the line you don't want to run, then save startx. You could also use

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-24 Thread Hoyt
On Sunday 24 February 2002 04:16 pm, you wrote: You could also use Xtart. Which will show you a curses menu of the WM's installed and allow you to select which one to use. I've been using it for a couple months now, I like it. What package provides Xtart? Hoyt http://www.maximumhoyt.com

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-24 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
On Sunday 24 February 2002 05:48 pm, you wrote: On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 04:45:07PM -0500, Hoyt wrote: On Sunday 24 February 2002 04:16 pm, you wrote: You could also use Xtart. Which will show you a curses menu of the WM's installed and allow you to select which one to use. I've been

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-17 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello Many thanks. Method 1 startx gnome won't call gnome but a different windows manager. Method 2 There is no such xtart on my 8.1 Is it part of X? Ed On Saturday 16 February 2002 07:54 pm, you wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 18:49:12 -0600, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 07:45:30 -0600, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Many thanks. Method 1 startx gnome won't call gnome but a different windows manager. Try startx Gnome (with a capital 'G'). Method 2 There is no such xtart on my 8.1 Is it part of X? xtart

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-17 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Method: the last + 1 = Xtart (Capital 'X') on console, then type the number set for gnome! HTH On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 07:45:30 -0600, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Many thanks. Method 1 startx gnome won't call gnome

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-17 Thread skidley
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: Hello Many thanks. Method 1 startx gnome won't call gnome but a different windows manager. Method 2 There is no such xtart on my 8.1 Is it part of X? Ed I have an exellent script made by a friend of mine which uses ncurses

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-17 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello I installed Xtart and now I can choose the windows manager. Howver I don't know how to start different X sessions ( I am not sure whether I can have Kde on -- :0.0 and Gnome on --: 1.0). Many thanks Ed On Sunday 17 February 2002 12:50 pm, you wrote: On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Sridhar

[expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-16 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello My system is set up not to use the graphic login window (somehow this won't allow me to use multiple Xs) so I need to call KDE I simply issue the command startx -- :.0.0 (or 1.0 or 2.0 ...) . For gnome I have tried startgnome but there is a problem with display and X won't start. How

Re: [expert] Choosing between Kde and Gnome with startx

2002-02-16 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 18:49:12 -0600, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My system is set up not to use the graphic login window (somehow this won't allow me to use multiple Xs) so I need to call KDE I simply issue the command startx -- :.0.0 (or 1.0 or 2.0 ...) . For gnome I