Switching between KDE and GNOME in Mandrake 7.2

[mohenly]

Hi...

I've scanned the manual, but somehow I'm missing something pretty basic:

How do I switch between KDE and GNOME in Mandrake 7.2?

Thanks.

[Gweedo]

When you reach the login screen towards the bottom there is a box that probably say KDE in it. Hit the dropdown arrow and you will see Gnome and other X-desktops.

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[demetrius]

You can either boot to a GUI login (runlevel 5) or put a .xinitrc file in your home directory and specify a desktop/window manager in it.

[mohenly]

Originally posted by demetrius:
You can either boot to a GUI login (runlevel 5) or put a .xinitrc file in your home directory and specify a desktop/window manager in it.

Thank you. This is probably what I'm looking for since I don't use a graphical login.

Odd that Mandrake doesn't bother to tell you how to do this though...

Cheers.

M.

[plasmid]

what is the command to put in .xintrc to start kde2 and what is the command for gnome?


-plasmid

[This message has been edited by plasmid (edited 30 November 2000).]

[demetrius]

exec gnome-session
exec startkde

[Gotenks]

Or, since you dont graphically log in you could just

startx Gnome
and leave off the Gnome for kde

[mohenly]

Originally posted by Gotenks:
Or, since you dont graphically log in you could just

startx Gnome
and leave off the Gnome for kde

Wow, that was painless. Exactly what I needed to know.

Thanks.

[plasmid]

when i tried startx Gnome, it took me to something that looked like kde with icewm running. what I am I doing wrong?

-plasmid