Helix-Gnome-Drake 7.2 question

[BK1]

Hi,
While logged in as my own user, I ran the Ximian download script. It downloaded Helix-Gnome (about 160MB and 22 hours over POTS line). When it installed, everything seemed fine, but after it said it was restarting X, X didn't restart. I got the text login prompt. I logged in and then typed startx. X started and it brought me into enlightenment. I can't find KDE anymore. I logged out and logged back in as root and Helix-Gnome works fine. After getting some chatroom advice (as my normal user) I logged back out of X and logged in as root again and typed /etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm start (said file didn't exist)
typed /etc/init.d/gdm start (same thing),
but when I manually cd'd to the init.d directory and typed gdm, it says gdm already started, halting gdm.
I tried logging in as my normal user and running gdm. The message said only root wants to run gdm.
What I would prefer is that when I boot up X would automatically start and I could get the Helix-Gnome login prompt so I could choose whether to log in as root or as the normal user.
Any ideas how I can fix this?
Thanks, :)

[BK1]

Surely someone could help me. Please?

[fancypiper]

You can get kde back startx kde If you are in already in x, in an xterm type switchdesk kde and the next time you startx it will use kde.

I prefer the command line login rather than the GUI so I can repair/reconfigure x when updating as some programs tend to mess up the fontserver.

I have had gdm and xdm to cause my display to attempt to startx and just sit there and cycle to x and the cl and I was unable to log into any terminal.

As a result, I always log into command line as it always works.

[Evil Jeff]

It might be that you didn't download and install gdm (gnome display manager). I wouldn't use it anyway. I get to a gui from the terminal. To do so, type startx, and to change what desktop you use, create a file called .xinitrc in your /home/user directory. Just a text file with a command like "exec startkde" in it (without the "s). For gnome, use "exec gnome-session" and for icewm, use "exec icewm", etc.

Evil Jeff
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