Re: Switching between KDE & Helix-Gnome

[Matthew Sackman <matthew@sackman.co.uk>]

>  On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
>  
>  > You don't need KDM in order to start KDE, nor do you need GDM to start
>  > GNOME.  Either of these display managers will allow you to choose a
>  > "session" from a menu when you log in.  
>  
>  If I understand you right, it is probably best to do completely without a
>  display manager and instead use an ".xsession" file in my home directory
>  from which I start the corresponding session. What script do I have to
>  execute for starting Helix Gnome?
>  

The way I have it set up is that my ~/.xsession has an "exec gnome-session" in
it. I use kdm. On log in, if I leave the session type at default then I go into
gnome, if I choose kde2 then I go into kde2. Easy.

Matthew

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