On Thursday 11 May 2006 09:14, Philip Webb wrote: > To get both Gnome & KDE, emerge the appropriate parts > -- I don't use Gnome itself, tho' I have much of it installed, > & KDE now comes in modules, some of which are essential, others a choice -- > then edit ~/.xinitrc to start the one you want with 'startx'. > That's if you boot into a raw terminal: if you boot into X straight off, > then you need to get them listed in Kdm or Gdm or whatever you use. > I boot into a raw terminal, then 'startx' & have 2 versions of .xinitrc > > # PP 050123 : for KDE > xscreensaver & > startkde > > # PP 050619 : for Fluxbox > xscreensaver & > fluxbox There is no need to go through this trouble. It's gentoo. You can set the system default WM/DE in /etc/rc.conf. To select a different WM/DE when you startx all you have to do is "export XSESSION=<name of wm>". Then you will have the window manager/desktop environment of your choice. If you are already using kdm/gdm as a login manager then you have the ability to easily select what environment you want each time you login.
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