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[Solved] Re: Running multiple desktops...



Success, thanks a lot.

On Monday August 15 2005 10:09 am, Bill Day wrote:
> Yes, iwas starting manually before making it permanent.  What I did was
> ctrl + alt + f1  logged in as her and then did startx -- :1 vt8 where it
> launched gnome(unfortunately to here displeasure).  Will give the
> ~/.xinitrc a go.
>
> TIA
>
> On Monday August 15 2005 10:34 am, Kent West wrote:
> > 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_
> > >Se ssions_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
>
> --
>
>
> Bill Day
>
> "A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he can give and
> ever wanted.."
> http://counter.li.org #384146  284016

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Bill Day

"A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he can give and 
ever wanted.."
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