Slackware 7.1 xwmconfig question

[Lend273]

I am trying to get Gnome to start when I type Startx.
When I run xwmconfig from the command line it shows an X next to the Gnome selection.
But when I startx it goes into WindowMaker.
No matter how many times I try to change it, and even reboot, it still goes to WM.
Is there a way to invoke Gnome from the command line? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for the help.
Len

[NGene]

Have you tried putting this to your ~/.xinitrc

exec gnome-session

[Daedra]

well what you can do is create a file in your user directory (this would be /root if your running root) called .xinitrc and add this line

exec gnome-session

shut down X and restart and that should be it