Changing the default Gnome

[herryr]

I'm using Linux Mandrake and everytime I boot into Linux, it automatically boots into Gnome. I prefer using KDE, any suggestions how to do this?
Thanks.

[Klaus Zahradnik]

Hy-
since I am a newbie as well, somebody correct if I am wrong...

In the Mandrake Control Center (there should be a icon Gnome and KDE Desktop) klick BS-Start and then Startup

It should read something like "I don't want auto login..." and so on..change the settings to whatever you prefer..that's it.

Oh, if the translations are not correct please forgive me, since I use Mandrake in german language! ;o)

best regards
Klaus

[posterboy]

Try this: open a terminal and type switchdesk. Pick what you want, and that will become the default until you change it again.
Ray

[Gaboo]

Not sure it this holds in mandrake, though I think it should:

cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.kde /home/(your username)/.xinitrc

look in the /etc/X11/xinit directory for all of the options you have...

basically you just need the proper xinit file (there's one for each window manager) in your home direcotry's .xinitrc file. So if you're root, then it'd be

cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.kde /root/.xinitrc

then startx and it's fine! though you should just use another username for security reasons, but I'm sure you know that.

GL,
Chris