Guest CoriolisSTORM Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 Well, upon installation I set KDE as my default desktop in Mandriva LE2005. However, I'd like to use Gnome every once in a while as well. I chose to install it later from the DVD I had, but it does not show up within my Sessions menu on the login screen. How can I fix it to where I can log in to Gnome? Its the Gnome that came with it as I do not have my winmodem working yet in Linux so I can't update. Ideas please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 first, check if you have really installed everything gnome needs. after that, open a terminal and type as root "updatedb". maybe it will show up in the sesion manager. if not, try installing gdm. it is known to be less problematic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CoriolisSTORM Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 first, check if you have really installed everything gnome needs. after that, open a terminal and type as root "updatedb". maybe it will show up in the sesion manager. if not, try installing gdm. it is known to be less problematic. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> GDM is installed I think as it shows up under them kmenu as configure GDM. How can I check if I have everything Gnome needs installed? How do I switch to GDM from whatever I am using now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durvish Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 go into MCC and tell mandriva to use GDM instead of what you are using now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 (edited) I always found GDM better and more stable anyway. Who'd wanna use a dm that restricts who can be in it? especially if it is gnome that is restricted :D gnome-session is the pkg you need to make sure is installed for gnome to be able to startup Edited August 8, 2005 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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