Accessing GNOME

[Jim George <jg014a8950 blueyonder co uk>]

I'm brand new to Ximian Gnome and amd having problems with the
startup/login.

I want to use kdes' login manager (kdm) as my family prefer kde to gnome
(for the moment), and I want to be able to choose between kde and
gnome.  My problem is that I can't seem to select invoke gnome.

I tried adding sawfish to the session types in kdm but all I get is the
xconsole and not windowmanager.

I also tried using gdm but my keyboard locks up after 10 seconds or so
and I can do no more.  I see on the console an error message about
uknown language types but that's all.

Please can someone tell me how to setup kdm so that I can get into gnome
or gdm so that I can get into kde and gdm with the keyboard working.