Re: Running multiple desktops...

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Bill Day wrote:

>OK, while wifes computer is down and waiting on fan to arrive I decided to 
>investigate the option of running multiple desktops on my computer on 
>different vt's.
>I found this article: 
>http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Configuring_X#Setting_up_Multiple_X_Sessions_on_a_Single_Monitor
>to work however when I do it under her login it automagically brings up GNOME 
>desktop, which she does not like, where do I make the change for her to get 
>KDE desktop at?
>  
>
It's not clear from your posting whether you're manually starting the
second X session, or using a login manager. However, if you're doing it
manually, just create/edit the file ~/.xinitrc (while logged in as her)
and put the single line:

  startkde

in the file. That should do the job.

-- 
Kent