Re: How to Start Gnome from init level 3 ? [Mand 7.0]

["Sourav K. Mandal" <smandal mit edu>]

""cavall_fort" <cavall_fort@wanadoo.es>" wrote:

>     Because I can *Only* start KDE with :
> 
>                             # startx <enter>
> 
>     In "init" Level 5,  I can choose over some desks perfectly. But I prefer
> start  my box in init Level 3 (like in a text terminal Unix)

I believe that startx will launch "/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc" if you do 
not have a "~/.xinitrc".  Put "gnome-session" (no trailing 
ampersand, "&") at the end of your personal file, and you should 
have Gnome.

Since KDE is Mandrake's default desktop environment, it probably 
doesn't have convenient hooks for GNOME; "~/.xinitrc" will hopefully 
allow you to activate this manually.

I am guessing a little bit -- I have used Mandrake boxes, but my 
personal and lab machines run Red Hat.

Good luck,

Sourav Mandal


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