But Gnome doesn't start at all! I installed Ximian with it's wonderful *on line installation* program, on reboot it changed from kdm to gdm without asking but without the possibility to start Gnome at all. Gnome just seems to
first off, the Ximian installer doesn't do this *without asking* you mean you clicked "OK" without reading, yes?
Changed rc.config to KDM but choosing Gnome from there still only starts KDE! Anyone here who's tried Ximian?
You need to change the 'gnome' entry in the KDM list of sessions that can be started to 'gnome-session' That should solve it, certainly did on my colleagues machines which have got Ximian Gnome installed... -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 7.x) This email was created and sent with Ximian Evolution 0.13 *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************