Starting gnome with X

[ethereal]

I'm trying to have gnome load up I run the commmand startx. Right now X starts with a terminal in the top left hand side, and I need to type in gnome-session, then everything works perfectly.

As far as I understand, if I add gnome-session to xinitrc this will happen. I've been at a loss as to where this is, however. And unsure if that is what needs to happen. This is for my use at home, and some family members, so security is not an issue.

I'm running Slackware 7.1 with X4.02, on the 2.4 kernel.

[TaeShadow]

In your home directory, there is a file called .xinitrc (don't forget the dot at the beginning of the filename). Edit it so that it reads:

exec gnome-session

Then, type startx and Gnome will load automatically

[This message has been edited by TaeShadow (edited 26 January 2001).]

[ethereal]

Thanks, It took me awhile to realize that I had to create the file myself, but once I wised up, it was no problem.