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List:       linux-thinkpad
Subject:    Re: [ltp] Stopping gnome
From:       George Staikos <staikos () 0wned ! org>
Date:       2001-06-04 17:21:28
Message-ID: 0106041321280B.01309 () thunk ! is ! 0wned ! org
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On Monday 04 June 2001 10:55, ROOT, DAN wrote:
> I installed gnome after hearing some feedback from the list thinking I
> should at least try it out.  Well, I like kde better, just a personal
> preference I guess.  Only problem is that I cannot seem to stop gnome from
> starting up instead of kde.  My ThinkPad boots to just the shell screen. 
> If I want a GUI interface, I have to use "startx" to do it.  I have been
> looking around and cannot find were it might be set that one would start
> over the other.  Does anyone know how to stop gnome from running?

  Which distro are you using?  The proper way to do this varies from distro 
to distro.

   It might require editting /etc/sysconfig/desktop or adding

export DESKTOP=KDE

   to your .bash_profile  / .bashrc  file.



-- 

George Staikos


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