03-29-2005
I'm not sure I understand what you mean... anyway, I hope I do
So, if you want to start gnome when you type startx on your prompt, try to edit your ~/.xinitrc by writing there on the first line gnome-session. This will start gnome when you're trying to start the graphical interface (when you type startx).
In case that you want to start graphical automaticly when you start your computer, you should edit your /etc/tyys file and change the line that starts with ttyv8. On my computer I use KDE and it looks like this:
ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm" xterm on secure
On your computer, I gues that you want to start gdm... then replace "/usr/local/bin/kdm" with the absolute location of your gdm file. You can find it by typing "whereis gdm"
I hope this helped...
Bye !
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fvwm-themes-start
FVWM-THEMES-START(1) General Commands Manual FVWM-THEMES-START(1)
NAME
fvwm-themes-start - FVWM Themes starter
SYNOPSIS
fvwm-themes-start [ --session|-s name ] [ --no-start|-n ] [ --fvwm-exe|-e ] [ -- fvwm-args ]
DESCRIPTION
This script runs fvwm with FVWM Themes. It should be run under X. Put a call to this script as the last line of your .Xclients, .xinitrc
or .xsession file.
OPTIONS
--session name - name of the FVWM Themes session. By default it is "main". This allows to have and run different FVWM Themes configuration.
--no-start - do not start fvwm, just do preparation for starting it. This is useful to start FVWM Themes with a session manager, see FAQ.
--fvwm-exe - changes the default executable, which is fvwm or whatever fvwm-config --fvwm-exe returns.
-- everything after -- is passed to FVWM. See the fvwm(1) man page for the fvwm options.
EXAMPLES
Most users just should put:
fvwm-themes-start
as the last line of their .Xclients, .xinitrc or .xsession file. If you want to use FVWM Themes with a real session manager, say GNOME,
you need to use the --no-start option and put:
fvwm-themes-start --no-start
gnome-session
as the last lines of your .Xclients, .xinitrc or .xsession file. The session option allows to use FVWM Themes with different configura-
tions. Say, you want to use 3 different configurations under a normal FVWM session when FOO test is false, under gnome-session and under a
normal FVWM session when FOO test is true. Then, your .xinitrc/.xsession file may look as follows (where $1 is the "first" argument given
by startx, or by kdm or gdm ...):
...
case $1 in
fvwm)
if FOO; Then
fvwm-themes-start --session special
else
fvwm-themes-start
fi
;;
gnome)
fvwm-themes-start --session gnome --no-start
gnome-session
;;
... other cases ...
esac
Note that with most session managers (e.g., GNOME or XSM) it is preferable to give "fvwm -f themes-rc" as the starting window manager com-
mand in the session manager.
COPYING
The script is distributed by the same terms as fvwm-themes itself. See GNU General Public License for details.
BUGS
Report bugs to fvwm-themes-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
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