Neither Gnome nor KDE will take over your system. I have both of them set up as well as Blackbox, Window-maker, and fvwm with no conflicts whatsoever.
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 12:53:29PM -0700, Robin Rowe wrote: > Hi. I want to install KDE and Gnome, but still boot in console mode and be > able to use my non-desktop startx. I don't want to have an automatic > graphical startup (XDM, etc.). I'm thinking that what I want is to create a > startk and startg that work like startx. I don't think that creating scripts like that will be very easy to do. If you want to be able to choose on the fly you can use kdm or gdm... they will give you a drop-down list of window managers to choose from. Note that you can still log into a console when using the graphical display managers, just hit ctrl-alt-F1 and log in. To use startx you will probable have to edit your .xsession file whenever you want to change window managers. > This configuration is so I can test software with and without KDE and Gnome. > Normally, I just run startx and Blackbox. I've never used KDE or Gnome, and > am concerned those installations may try to take over my system (which may > be what typical users would expect). > > How do I install and set up KDE and Gnome to run optionally? Install them if you have the space... you don't have to run them if you don't want. -- John Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get my GnuPG public key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Death: to stop sinning suddenly." - Anonymous
