Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-14 Thread Brandon Dorman
--- Original Message - From: Brandon Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 9:01 PM Subject: Re: Can't load xwindows > Never heard of it.  But sounds cool.  Downloading it now from xfce.org. > How could I start it though? > >

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-14 Thread linda hanigan
ED]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 9:01 PM Subject: Re: Can't load xwindows > 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

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-13 Thread Nick Hamm
> > > > > ( 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. > > Simply type 'switchdesk' at the command line - a window pops up giving you various options. -- To unsubscribe:

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-12 Thread Brandon Dorman
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!

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-12 Thread linda hanigan
y 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

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-12 Thread Brandon Dorman
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 tr

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-12 Thread Brandon Dorman
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 trie

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-12 Thread Bret Hughes
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:

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-12 Thread Bret Hughes
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

Re: Can't load xwindows

2000-02-12 Thread Hal Burgiss
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 on

Can't load xwindows

2000-02-12 Thread Brandon Dorman
Hi guys, Minor problem. Following the instructions found in "Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed," I tried to change my login manager to gdm. 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 co