Gnome/KDE

[Eberhard Roloff]

Hi Michael,

please try to answer *below* the messages, otherwise, this
discussion will very quickly develop to be unreadible for the
people on this list. You'll find my answer below....

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 05:06:09 -0700 (PDT)
LEECH MICHAEL JR <jr9893 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I've tried to switch the system at boot-up but I still get the
> Gnome GUI. 
>   This is what the menu looks like:
>    
>   Ubuntu, kernal 2.6.15-26-386
>   Ubuntu, kernal 2.6.15-26-386 (recovery mode)
>   Ubuntu, kernal 2.6.15-26-386
>   Ubuntu, kernal 2.6.15-26-386 (recovery mode)
>   Ubuntu, memtest 86+
>    
>   If I use the first line I get a Kebuntu start-up screen and
> a Gnome GUI. 
>   If I use the third line I get a Bunt start-up screen and a
> Gnome GUI. 
>   I've installed them using the suggestions on the Kubuntu
> webpage: 
>   kubuntu-desktop
>   kde
>   kde-core
>    
>   I used Synaptic
>    
>   Thanks - Mike
>   
> Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>   On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 02:57:11 -0700 (PDT)
> LEECH MICHAEL JR wrote:
> 
> > I would like to switch my GUI between Gnome and KDE.
> > 
> > I've started with Ubuntu and have since added all of the KDE
> > packages.
> > 
> > When I boot up I have the Kubuntu start screen but I end up
> > with the Gnome GUI.
> > 
> > All of the KDE applications are in my drop-down menus.
> > 
> > I once had a version of Debian that allowed me to choose
> > between Gnome, KDE and a terminal. This would be great
> > especially if I could do it on the fly (switch while in
> > either GUI).
> > 
> > Can anyone help?
> 
> When you say you've installed KDE packages, I suspect you have
> installed them in bits? I suggest that you install the
> kubuntu-desktop package - if you do that you will be able to
> choose between Gnome and KDE at the login screen ( just choose
> a session )
> 

The choices you can make at the initial bootmanager (most oftenly
it is grub) usually have no impact at all in regard to the
Xsession that you want run (except that you can configure the
runlevel in a way to prevent any graphical sessions to be run).

Peter is referring to the displaymanager (most commonly either
kdm or gdm) login, where you can choose which session (either
kde or gnome or fluxbox, icewm, xfce... pretty much anything
that is installed) you want to run.

In the case that you start from the console with "startx", I
would try to use "startx kde" instead. Note: I did not test this,
I just remember that this is what I used on Suse, several years
ago.

hth
Eberhard