Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:42:17 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I switch between window managers? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203201640500.6234-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20020320210903.38596.qmail@web11706.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Tim Erlin wrote: > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:09:03 -0800 (PST) > From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> > To: Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: How do I switch between window managers? > > There's a file in your home directory called .xinitrc that > contains commands to run when you startx. If you're > currently using KDE, it probably contains 'startkde' That's > where you'd look. Not sure what the appropriate command for > Gnome is...but Windowmaker (another, very good window > manager) is 'exec wmaker' > > --Tim > > --- Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> wrote: > > Hey all > > > > 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? > > > > TIA > > > > Brendan > > For KDE all you need in ~/.xinitrc is exec startkde For gnome I think it's exec gnome-session |-John Bleichert----syborg@stny.rr.com----------------| |-------------------http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg--| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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