Re: Suse 9.1 KDE vs Gnome

From: el Cucaracha (monkeybasketNOSPAM_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:57:56 -0500

I'm on 9.1 Personal. On boot, I have to choose a user and enter my password.
Then I have "Login" and "Menu". Under menu, I have these options: "Restart X
Menu" and "Shutdown"

What you're saying is that this is where a "KDE / GNOME" choice would be, if
I had it?

"Preston Crawford" <me@prestoncrawford.com> wrote in message
news:slrncu5f9r.hgs.me@serpentor.cobrala...
> On 2005-01-10, el Cucaracha <monkeybasketNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>> My Suse box boots to KDE. I might understand it all wrong, but Gnome is
>> another interface, right? Can I boot it to Gnome instead by typing
>> something
>> in during bootup?
>>
>> /noob
>
> First off, what version of SuSE 9.1? Pro or Personal. If it's Personal
> then no, you're stuck with KDE. If Professional, then go into the KDE
> Control Center and into the logon settings and turn off "log in
> automatically" (assuming that's why you're going into KDE automatically).
> Then you'll get the option, via a drop-down, to choose Gnome when you
> login.
>
> So first, Pro or Personal. Second, are you logging in or is it just going
> right into KDE?
>
> Preston

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