060511 Christopher E wrote: > Could Gnome and KDE run on the same system happly together > and if so could someone please walk me through it > so I may figure out which one I would wather use.
Your question is a bit confusing, but in general you can have as many desktop/window managers installed as you want & use any 1 of them as & when you wish. While you can't run the DE's simultaneously, you can usually use eg Gnome-oriented apps on KDE & vice versa. To get both Gnome & KDE, emerge the appropriate parts -- I don't use Gnome itself, tho' I have much of it installed, & KDE now comes in modules, some of which are essential, others a choice -- then edit ~/.xinitrc to start the one you want with 'startx'. That's if you boot into a raw terminal: if you boot into X straight off, then you need to get them listed in Kdm or Gdm or whatever you use. I boot into a raw terminal, then 'startx' & have 2 versions of .xinitrc # PP 050123 : for KDE xscreensaver & startkde # PP 050619 : for Fluxbox xscreensaver & fluxbox Normally, .xinitrc looks like the former, but if I want to use Fluxbox, I can replace it with the latter by a simple copy; you would have 'gnome' (or however you start Gnome) for 'fluxbox'. HTH -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
