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startx question
Name: matt Date: March 21, 2002 at 16:38:34 Pacific
Comment:
when I type in startx in the counsol it starts KDE. is there a way to make it so i can start gnome instead?
Name: Ozzy Date: March 21, 2002 at 17:06:12 Pacific
Reply:
"switchdesk GNOME" from the prompt.
-Ozzy
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Response Number 2
Name: C.Nieves Date: March 22, 2002 at 11:53:54 Pacific
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When I type in startx in the counsol it starts KDE. Is there a way to make it so I can start Gnome instead?
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Response Number 3
Name: zarac Date: May 30, 2002 at 00:45:27 Pacific
Reply:
ok... i have the same problem.. accept it starts TWM (even worse) =D ... and i've tried typing switchdesk GNOME ... but it doens't work.. it still starts TWM when i 'startx' ... can i change this manually? then how.. or is there another way i can do it ??? thanks =D
Summary: Ok thanks a bunch, I just decided to reinstall it again and for some odd reason it worked...Now one more question, i still boot to the terminal which is fine b/c i do some work there...but when i want...
Summary: Thanx Tom, this is very helpful. One more question ... from comand when i enter startx KDE starts BUT when i type startkde or gnome-session either wont start with a message something about display ...
Summary: I had the same problems as you. All you are doing wrong is your xconfig file isnt configured correctly. Get the exact info on your hardware. For example, I have a Geforce 2 GTS Pro 64 and the only...
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Dual WinXP and Red Hat 7....
