Changing GUI's in slack...
 

Right now I'm stuck in KDE, and I'd like to try out a few others, but every time I start X, it loads KDE. Where do I specify what GUI I want to use? I'm using slackware logged on as a default user.

check for .xinitrc in your home directory (it's a hidden file so...
`ls -a` will find it..).

it's not there eh? just create it. `vi .xinitrc` there you would add `exec <whatever WM you want to use>`

(`man vi` or maybe `man elvis` ...can't remember :)

i use fluxbox so mine says

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exec fluxbox
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...the default user in slack is root. if i were you i'd make an additional user for yourself

`man adduser`

Yeah, I got the adduser thing on a guess. I added a user with the default permissions and groups (none by the looks of it) without a problem. I heard that running as root all the time is a "bad thing" so I created a new user. Anyways, I cannot seem to figure out what the commands for different GUI's are. When slack installed it asked me what default GUI I wanted to use, and I picked KDE. Where does it store THAT setting? If I could change THAT, I'd be in business. I wouldnt even have to make a ~/.xinitrc file.

/etc/X11/xinit
For your current situation, there is a symbolic link there like so:
Change that link to point to the xinitrc.WM of your choice.

can't you just go to /etc/X11/bin/xwmconfig ??? i used that to change the GUI ;[

Besides using the xwmconfig utility, you can check this link out as I've explained once in detail how to configure your default desktop/window manager manually.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...586#post101586