Re: Correct inittab for gnome?

[Paul Warren <pdw ferret lmh ox ac uk>]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Matthew J Washchuk wrote:

> I understand this is probably a very dumb question, but I still need help
> with it.  How do I configure /etc/inittab to run the gnome login screen
> and then gnome-session?  Right now my inittab is using prefdm to choose
> among three managers: gdm, xdm, and twm.  The login screen comes up, but
> every time I login in, I get twm.  I can start gnome-session from twm, but
> then of course, it's gnome-session on top of twm, and that's no good.  Is
> there a simple way to make my box start with gnome?  Thanks!

You'll want to edit your ~/.xsession.  gdm will start whatever session the
user has listed there...  

echo 'exec gnome-session' > ~/.xsession

should be adequate.

Paul