Using Gnome and KDE

a_priebe47 · 10-19-2005, 01:04 PM

Hey there, I wanted to experiment some with Gnome the other day, so I installed it along side KDE and editted my .xinitrc from startkde to exec gnome-session. Now by default, will it use the gdm because it is starting Gnome not KDE, or will it use kdm? And also, is there some way I can configure the .xinitrc file so that I can have an option of starting either KDE or Gnome when I type startx? Maybe by passing an argument? Thanks.

reddazz · 10-19-2005, 01:13 PM

KDM will still be the default unless you change it.

slacard · 10-19-2005, 10:47 PM

Maybe you know this already-but if you want the ability to choose your windowmanager at graphical log-in you might want to check out DLG.
http://dropline-gnome.sourceforge.net/
I think it's great!

rkelsen · 10-20-2005, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by reddazz
KDM will still be the default unless you change it.

If its installed, gdm is the first one called by /etc/rc.d/rc.4. If it can't find gdm, then it will look for kdm and then xdm. This is still the case with 10.2. Refer to /etc/rc.d/rc.4 for more info.

reddazz · 10-20-2005, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rkelsen
If its installed, gdm is the first one called by /etc/rc.d/rc.4. If it can't find gdm, then it will look for kdm and then xdm. This is still the case with 10.2. Refer to /etc/rc.d/rc.4 for more info.

Yeah I remember this now from my days using Slack. I always commented out GDM coz I am not too keen on it, so kdm was always started regardless of whether GNOME or KDE was the default DE.