From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 20 16: 7:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2C371539F for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:07:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bartequi@nojunk.com) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (ppp8-pa4.neomedia.it [195.103.207.200]) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA14226; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:06:49 +0100 (CET) From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:08:39 GMT Message-ID: <20000121.83900@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: x-windows To: btwo cfuor Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20000120224324.29071.qmail@web119.yahoomail.com> X-Mailer: Supercalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/20/00, 11:43:24 PM, btwo cfuor wrote regarding x-windows: > Hi there > i want to ask a simple question on x-windows. the > defult interface I'm using is KDE how do i switch to > gnome or other interfaces that i have do i have to > edit a file or is the a utility like the one in linux > so you can switch from an interface to another > thankz for your time Dear Sir, the "method" to switch between graphical interfaces is "CTRL-ALT-Function_Key". That is, if you are simultaneoulsy logged in as user "tom" running KDE, user "dick" running gnome, and user "harry" running some_other_GUI, you can switch between users by hitting the appropriate CTRL-ALT-Function_key. If you even have some more consoles running, you only need to hit simply "ALT-Function_key" to go from one of these to one of your GUIs. Needless to say, you **first** have to edit your /etc/ttys file and turn off as many consoles as needed -- depending on how many GUI users you wish to run at the same time. The way you manage the GUIs is a matter of taste. You might use kdm ("man kdm"), or other display managers (e.g. found in the Ports Collection). Personally, I no longer like them (for flexibility reasons). To get the same result, in principle, you should manually change **one** line in your ~/.xinitrc, e.g. substituting "exec gnome-session" for "exec startkde". However, it should not be difficult to find a better equivalent way to obtain the same effect. Please note: my_fake_domain =3D=3D=3D> neomedia.it to e-mail to me. Yours faithfully Salvo Bartolotta To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message