[Gllug] Nothing Simple

[Stephen Harker]

On Wednesday 31 October 2001 14:29, you wrote:
> I am going to demonstrate RH7.2 here at work but I have use switchdesk to
> move between Gnome and KDE now all I get when I start startx is is X with
> nothing on it what have I done and how can I fix this one. I also noticed
> after installing StarOffice while in KDE switching to Gnome I can no longer
> find it. Forgive all the crap question but I am trying my best to do the
> Linux advocate bit and failing miserably ;0

create a .xinitrc file in your home directory ie
/home/harry/.xinitrc
that file should contain just the line (for now) ...
exec gnome-session
or
exec startkde
or
exec blackbox
... depending on which one you want to load with X.
then type startx
Try that. 

Stephen Harker
steve at pauken.co.uk, http://www.pauken.co.uk
"Stockhausen? I haven't conducted any but I once trod in some"
				 - Sir Thomas Beecham

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