Hi All

I have Slack9 on a 5GB partition.
During installation I remember to have
given KDE as the default Desktop (I am
not very sure).
After logging in, if I give "startx" it
goes to KDE desktop. If I give "startxfce"
it brings up X with XFCE.
How to get GNOME or other window managers.
I compiled blackbox, fluxbox and IceWm.
I created executable files and put them in
/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions directory.

If i give startgnome command it does not bring
up GNOME. For others, I do not know how to bring
them up. In Slack, it is always the text login and
then X is started by giving startx. I do not want to
disturb this default slack way of doing things.
(Unlike in RH, where in Graphical login you can select
sessions).
How to go to other desktops/ Window managers?

Cheeka

PS: System specs: Celeron900MHz,128MB RAM, i815e M/B
40GB HDD (having win 98 and RH9 in other partitions)

SRIKANTH NS wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have Slack9 on a 5GB partition.
> During installation I remember to have
> given KDE as the default Desktop (I am
> not very sure).
> After logging in, if I give "startx" it
> goes to KDE desktop. If I give "startxfce"
> it brings up X with XFCE.
> How to get GNOME or other window managers.
> I compiled blackbox, fluxbox and IceWm.
> I created executable files and put them in
> /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions directory.
>
> If i give startgnome command it does not bring
> up GNOME. For others, I do not know how to bring
> them up. In Slack, it is always the text login and
> then X is started by giving startx. I do not want to
> disturb this default slack way of doing things.
> (Unlike in RH, where in Graphical login you can select
> sessions).
> How to go to other desktops/ Window managers?
>
> Cheeka
>
> PS: System specs: Celeron900MHz,128MB RAM, i815e M/B
> 40GB HDD (having win 98 and RH9 in other partitions)
>
>
>
You should check the Slackware Book and look up xwmconfig.

SRIKANTH NS wrote:

> How to go to other desktops/ Window managers?

There are several ways to use ~.xinitrc in combination with the files in
/etc/X11/xinit to do this. I especially like one George Georgakis posted
some months back. Try googling the group for "xinitrc.kde george".

--
Old Man

On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 18:45:57 +0530, SRIKANTH NS wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I have Slack9 on a 5GB partition.
> During installation I remember to have given KDE as the default Desktop (I
> am not very sure).
> After logging in, if I give "startx" it goes to KDE desktop. If I give
> "startxfce" it brings up X with XFCE.
> How to get GNOME or other window managers. I compiled blackbox, fluxbox
> and IceWm. I created executable files and put them in
> /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions directory.
>
> If i give startgnome command it does not bring up GNOME. For others, I do
> not know how to bring
> them up. In Slack, it is always the text login and
> then X is started by giving startx. I do not want to disturb this default
> slack way of doing things. (Unlike in RH, where in Graphical login you can
> select sessions).
> How to go to other desktops/ Window managers?
>
> Cheeka
>
> PS: System specs: Celeron900MHz,128MB RAM, i815e M/B 40GB HDD (having win
> 98 and RH9 in other partitions)
Run pkgtool and choose Setup. You can then run the xwmconfig setup script
again.

Dunc.