> On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > > You don't need KDM in order to start KDE, nor do you need GDM to start > > GNOME. Either of these display managers will allow you to choose a > > "session" from a menu when you log in. > > If I understand you right, it is probably best to do completely without a > display manager and instead use an ".xsession" file in my home directory > from which I start the corresponding session. What script do I have to > execute for starting Helix Gnome? >
The way I have it set up is that my ~/.xsession has an "exec gnome-session" in it. I use kdm. On log in, if I leave the session type at default then I go into gnome, if I choose kde2 then I go into kde2. Easy. Matthew -- Using intelligent power: RISC OS, Be OS, Debian Linux Enjoying computing.