[Glastonbury] gdm / GNOME startup - user preferences

[Alistair Parsons]

Try XFCE 4.2

has the best bits of fluxbox and gnome
much faster


or

if you set gdm to use default, rathern than gnome
it will process the xinitrc, have that start gnome/xfce etc


tim hall wrote:

>Me again ;-)
>
>I thought I'd experiment with a GNOME desktop since it looks rather useable 
>since the release of 2.8. I'm launching it using gdm. I'm used to using 
>startx from the command line and I've discovered to my annoyance that 
>my .xinitrc doesn't get read if I use gdm to launch the desktop environment.
>
>Does anybody know what file _does_ get read that I could copy the relevant 
>bash commands over to? Or would it be possible to call an arbitrary file by 
>adding a script to /etc/X11/Xsession.d/? The GNOME documentation on the 
>matter is unbelievably dense and leads me to think I have to create 
>a .desktop file somewhere, a format I guess I'll have to get used to if I'm 
>going to use GNOME. *sigh*
>
>After openbox3, GNOME does seem to run an unnecessary amount of background 
>processes, but I guess they're not hogging too much valuable CPU time. It's 
>kind of cool for non RT stuff.
>
>Does anyone here have Gnowledge of such things?
>
>cheers
>
>tim hall
>http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
>
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