[lug] Gnome problem

[Trever C. Trader]

You can create your own .xinitrc in your home directory.
The only think that needs to go into the .xinitrc is the path to whatever
desktop environment you want to load.

On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Hugh Brown wrote:

> you could remove the enlightenment rpm (have a backup copy available in
> case that breaks everything.
> 
> Upgrade to helix gnome?
> 
> Hugh
> 
> 
> "cool at lwn.net"
> > 
> > I'm having a problem with Gnome.  The default window manager is
> > enlightenment, which on my laptop, is quite slow to come up.  I used
> > the Gnome Control Center to switch the default to Sawmill.  This works
> > during the session where I make the change, but, even though I've
> > saved my session settings (multiple) times, when I restart X,
> > enlightenment comes up anyway.  If I go into the control center, it
> > shows Sawmill as the window manager and the file
> > .gnome/wm-properties/Config reports "Current=Sawmill".
> > 
> > Nonetheless, Enlightenment won't go away.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?  I've installed KDE on the system and I can
> > switch between KDE and Gnome without a problem now, but I find
> > myself crippled by a lack of knowledge of KDE, or a few missing
> > tools (like, where is the power monitor and what are the keyboard
> > shortcuts to switch between virtual windows?). 
> > 
> > Liz
> > 
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