On Sunday 31 July 2005 15:34, Eric Cheney wrote: >On Sunday, 31 July 2005 at 10:56:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:54, Clive Menzies wrote: >> >On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. >> >> >> >> I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and >> >> kde. gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm >> >> a kde fan and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to >> >> be available... >> >> >> >> I tried to do an 'aptitude install switchdesk' and got this >> >> error synopsis after it munched thru the database: >> >> ------------ >> >> Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched >> >> "switchdesk" >> > >> >The package doesn't appear to be available in Debian; it might be >> >insorporated into the main package but it's a while since I used >> > kde. However, if you're talking about the ability to switch >> > between virtual desktops, it's part of KDE, I recall using 8 >> > desktops. >> >> 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 >-- ><Eric Cheney> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
