060511 Zac Slade wrote: > On Thursday 11 May 2006 09:14, Philip Webb wrote: >> I boot into a raw terminal, then 'startx' & have 2 versions of .xinitrc > There is no need to go through this trouble. > To select a different WM/DE when you startx > all you have to do is "export XSESSION=<name of wm>".
Well, everyone has their own way (smile). 'cp .xinitrc-fb .xinitrc' -- "overwrite?" -- 'y' -- 'startx' seems simpler than fiddling with /etc/rc.conf & XSESSION ... I avoid Kdm etc as creating an extra level of possible errors: in much earlier times, I was caught once after changing a config file, when Kdm produced an error & I couldn't login at all. Yes today, I know what to do & it doesn't happen anyway, but why create a potential hazard just to have a pretty box to pop up ? But as I say, everyone has their preferred way of doing things. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
