Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:43:59 -0500 From: ScaryG <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> To: Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I switch between window managers? Message-ID: <20020320104359.64294553.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> In-Reply-To: <B8BE12F8.B4FD%bmcalpine@macconnect.com> References: <B8BE12F8.B4FD%bmcalpine@macconnect.com>
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:20:40 -0500 Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> wrote: > I just installed KDE and Gnome on my machine and I was wondering how I > go about switching between them. Right now when I start X, KDE is the > manager. I would like to go with Gnome. Is there a command to switch > between window managers? Just a small correction in terminology KDE/GNOME = Desktop Managers Window Managers are another level. However, to switch from KDE to GNOME, in your home directory, edit the file .xinitrc For KDE, you likely have a line that reads: startkde Just comment that out, and add: gnome-session Then restart Xwindows. -ger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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