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04-08-2006, 03:38 PM
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Registered: Dec 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Distribution: Fedora , Ubuntu, Slackware-Current
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How to start Gnome
Hi everybody,
Just wondering what the command is to start Gnome from the command line instead of KDE. I believe I have Dropline installed (a number of gnome apps are available from the locate command), but I have not figured out how to start it from the command line.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob
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04-08-2006, 03:42 PM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Lithuania
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I know that in xinitrc it is called like "exec gnome-session".
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04-08-2006, 04:00 PM
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Registered: Jun 2005
Distribution: Slackware64 13.0 (multilib)
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Well on my slackware 10.2 comp, I have freerock gnome installed. All I had to do was run xwmconfig, select gnome and then do a startx. It's even easier if you use runlevel 4 as you can just select a gnome session from the login manager.
Last edited by sunman; 04-08-2006 at 04:02 PM.
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04-09-2006, 05:16 AM
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Thanks sunman,
Running at level 4 did indeed show me a login screen I had not seen before. It also confirmed that I do not have gnome installed because it was not one of the session choices. I prefer gnome a little more, so I guess I need dropline.
Thanks again
Bob
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04-09-2006, 06:29 AM
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TO check if you have dropline installed just run # dropline-installer.
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04-09-2006, 07:30 AM
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Thank you, that confirms it. Not installed. Do you know of any specific risks to system if I install it? I have it available to me on a magazine DVD? Seems to me I recall reading a couple of posts suggesting that there is some risk to installing it. Also, does it work with the 2.4.31 kernel?
Thanks,
Bob
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04-09-2006, 07:51 AM
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Dropline is system specific (you should run supported version of Slackware), not kernel. There are a lot of posts who claim that dropline messes the system because it alters configuration but I haven't seen anybody who could show some proofs of it. So it's only a rumor for me. I have installed and uninstalled dropline several times and the only one problem was lost fonts. However, you could try gware, which is less intrusive Gnome also packaged for Slackware. As well, there is freerock gnome (haven't heard any bad things about it yet, some packages which comes in Dropline are compiled in this). Dropline advantage is that it integrates more various up2date packages.
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04-09-2006, 08:39 AM
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What version of Slackware are you running? On my 10.0 disks, Gnome was still there. I just ran installpkg on the gnome directories, and it installed to my 10.2 system.
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04-09-2006, 12:59 PM
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Thanks for the responses. I am running 10.2. I believe, according to all the posts I have read, it will work ok on this version of Slack.
Thanks
Bob
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04-09-2006, 03:12 PM
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Just a final note...Got Dropline installed and running. I have to say I am pretty impressed with it. Attractive, very functional, and very fast (I was concerned what the speed would be like.) It did change my fonts, but actually for the better and it updated several apps in the process automatically. I can see a lot of Ubunty influence, but its easy to see it is still Slack underneath.
I would certainly recommend it.
Thanks again for your help and responses.
Bob
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04-09-2006, 03:58 PM
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Gnome has the same appearance everywhere (everything belongs from the skin you choose). You can also get similar view by running other "Slackware" gnomes.
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