Never heard of it. But sounds cool. Downloading it now from xfce.org.
How could I start it though?
linda hanigan wrote:
> Hi ,
> Why you are trying desktops try xfce it is really
> nice and loads faster than gnome for me. It
> will run gnome and kde applications.
> Linda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brandon Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 4:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Can't load xwindows
>
> > Just enacted your guys' advice and it works! Great!
> Put an icon in my taskbar
> > dealie for "switchdesk" which works fine.
> >
> > -Brandon
> >
> > Brandon Dorman wrote:
> >
> > > yeah. thanks. I remember now - switchdesk. I was
> mostly just gonna try to be
> > > fancy... look where it gets me. I was just about
> to go try those suggestions...
> > > I'll let you know what happens. I'm hoping
> deleting that, "desktop" file does
> > > the trip. And running fsck. Before this, I had
> also tried to create a seperate
> > > home partition by making one in "/home" Then I
> could just move all my user files
> > > over there and save room on the root partition.
> Must've been going about that
> > > the wrong way too but I was too chicken to ask this
> list because it's a newbie
> > > thing. I can get help after I fix this screwup.
> Thanks. The reason gdm wasn't
> > > the default is because my RH 6.0 cd got scratched
> after severl failed, completed
> > > (then my computer crashed and I lost all), retrying
> installations. So I
> > > installed it without GNOME and got GNOME from the
> net. (only the GNOME parts
> > > were scratched or something) Being in CA it
> would've taken a long time for the
> > > replacement cd's to get to me.
> > >
> > > Bret Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > > > definetly is accessed with the options button on
> the GDM login panel. There
> > > > is a choice for each window manager installed and
> seems to work too. I have
> > > > Gnome and AnotherStep or what ever it is called
> and can use it to start which
> > > > ever one I want. Pretty neat actually.
> > > >
> > > > Bret
> > > >
> > > > Bret Hughes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I belive that the option to switch desktops is
> under the options button on
> > > > > the login panel. I am not booted in Linux
> right now but will check later.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bret
> > > > >
> > > > > Hal Burgiss wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 12:34:11PM -0800,
> Brandon Dorman wrote:
> > > > > > > Minor problem. Following the instructions
> found in "Red Hat Linux 6
> > > > > > > Unleashed," I tried to change my login
> manager to gdm.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is this not the default? Thought it was...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I created a file, "desktop" under
> /etc/sysconfig with only the
> > > > > > > word, "GNOME" in it. This was under root.
> When I was in my user
> > > > > > > account, and typed root, I couldn't save
> under sysconfig or
> > > > > > > anything. Perhaps that was my error.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am not following this. ??? If you couldn't
> save the file, you likely
> > > > > > were not root (assuming I am half way
> understanding the situation).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > When I rebooted, hoping to see gdm instead
> of xdm, it stopped a bit
> > > > > > > after mounting the root filesystem. "Press
> Control-D for normal
> > > > > > > startup or root password for maintenance."
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This sounds like a completely unrelated
> problem. Sounds like
> > > > > > filesystem corruption was detected. Read the
> screen very carefully and
> > > > > > see if this is what is going on. Maybe. If
> so, you need to run 'fsck
> > > > > > <dev_id>'.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Once I pressed Control D and it did a
> controlled restart, or I got
> > > > > > > into root but I don't know the shell
> command for delete. (to try
> > > > > > > and delete the desktop file) Can someone
> tell me how to get out of
> > > > > > > this using the commandline stuff and then
> to have gdm start?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > rm <file_name>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > su to root, then:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > echo GNOME > /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> > > > > >
> > > > > > then
> > > > > >
> > > > > > init 5
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > ( I know not everyone likes it, but I'd
> like to have to ability to
> > > > > > > try out all the different window managers -
> kde, gnome, afterlevel,
> > > > > > > at will) Thank you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I haven't used it, but I believe you have a
> 'switchdesk' command that
> > > > > > should do this for you. Possibly in one of
> the menus somewhere.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Hal B
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