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Old 09-01-2005, 06:42 PM   #1
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how to switch GNOME and KDE


I installed SuSE 9.3 professional into my laptop with default KDE setup. How do I switch KDE to GNOME or vice versa? I thougt redhat has a way to do it but I dont know how in SuSE.

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Old 09-01-2005, 06:52 PM   #2
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at the login screen select session and change it to gnome or whatever. Do you have gnome installed?
 
Old 09-06-2005, 01:11 PM   #3
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I installed GNOME and was able to find the place to make the choices between KDE and GNOME now. Thanks.
 
Old 09-06-2005, 01:26 PM   #4
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Hi,
if on konsole you like to choose among various window managers then type "xwmconfig" there ( i've experience with slackware ) you will get the list of various window managers.

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Old 09-06-2005, 01:50 PM   #5
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Hi,
if on konsole you like to choose among various window managers then type "xwmconfig" there ( i've experience with slackware ) you will get the list of various window managers.

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xwmconfig doesn't work on Suse.
 
Old 09-07-2005, 08:25 AM   #6
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worked it out, all down to my newbieness!! folder files were contained within didn't allow file execution.
 
  


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