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Re: switchdesk question



On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 11:53:05PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 31 July 2005 15:34, Eric Cheney wrote:
> >On Sunday, 31 July 2005 at 10:56:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> No, I want to switch the desktop from gnome to kde.  How is this
> >> done in debian?
> >
> >If you have gdm installed, when you log in using gdm you can choose
> >which "session" to log into using the mouse.  Someone will have to
> >help you if you use kdm or xdm.
> >
> >There's also a file called .dmrc store in your home directory that
> >stores you default session.  I don't know if that is contingent on
> >having gdm installed.  You could edit that.  I have something like
> >"session=xfce4" to start....  If you want to start gnome, I think it
> >would be "session=gnomesession".  I am not sure about kde.
> Mine is really, really, helpfull, not!

> session=Default

Is this down to alternatives then?

Have you tried update-alternatives --config x-session-manager ?

Simon

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