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Re: [SLE] Selecting Window Manager
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:25:20 +0200
- Message-id: <200207292125.20196.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Monday 29 July 2002 21.15, Nick Selby wrote:
> > #2: Are you starting from command line with startx or from kdm/gdm/xdm?
>
> kdm/gdm/xdm -
Which is it? The config files are different for each of them
>
> > Have you tried "startx gnome" or possibly "startx /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome"?
>
> Yes, that works.
Good, so gnome is properly installed
> I'd like to make this work on startup - when the thing
> starts up it goes right into gnome.
You want to start up in gnome directly on bootup, without logging in?
> Can you point me at the right config
> file?
Depends on how you want things to work. If you want to boot directly into
gnome without logging in, you may have to write a startup script. I don't
think there's a "pre-fab" way of doing it.
//Anders
> > #2: Are you starting from command line with startx or from kdm/gdm/xdm?
>
> kdm/gdm/xdm -
Which is it? The config files are different for each of them
>
> > Have you tried "startx gnome" or possibly "startx /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome"?
>
> Yes, that works.
Good, so gnome is properly installed
> I'd like to make this work on startup - when the thing
> starts up it goes right into gnome.
You want to start up in gnome directly on bootup, without logging in?
> Can you point me at the right config
> file?
Depends on how you want things to work. If you want to boot directly into
gnome without logging in, you may have to write a startup script. I don't
think there's a "pre-fab" way of doing it.
//Anders
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