Running KDE and Gnome at the same time?

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4 total messages Started by Alimin Bijosono Oei Sat, 18 Aug 2001 04:50

#275

Author: Alimin Bijosono Oei
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 04:50

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I was wondering if I could run KDE session and Gnome session at the same time?
There are some features in KDE that I like and the same also apply to Gnome.

Alimin

Re: Running KDE and Gnome at the same time?

#277

Author: Alimin Bijosono Oei
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 05:10

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SwifT wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:50:25 +1000, Alimin Bijosono Oei
> <aliminbijosono@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>  I was wondering if I could run KDE session and Gnome session at the same
>>  time?
> 
> Yes, but not on the same (virtual) console.
> 

 Could you explain more on this please?

Alimin

Re: Running KDE and Gnome at the same time?

#276

Author: SwifT
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 16:58

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On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:50:25 +1000, Alimin Bijosono Oei
<aliminbijosono@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  I was wondering if I could run KDE session and Gnome session at the same
>  time?

Yes, but not on the same (virtual) console.

>  There are some features in KDE that I like and the same also apply to
>  Gnome.

Such as? Tools that use the Gtk-widget will remain using the Gtk-widget, and
the same goes for Qt-tools. It is perfectly possible (as you probably have
figured out) to run Gnome-apps in KDE or vice versa, as long as you have the
appropriate libraries installed.

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Re: Running KDE and Gnome at the same time?

#278

Author: SwifT
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:50

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On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 15:10:24 +1000, Alimin Bijosono Oei
<aliminbijosono@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Yes, but not on the same (virtual) console.
>   Could you explain more on this please?

Yes. You can run multiple X-sessions on your pc, but each X-session needs to
bind itself to a virtual console. When you boot into graphical mode, you
(probably) are working on console tty7 ([Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F7]). If you go to tty2
([Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F2]), login (as a user) and type
	~$ startx -- :1
then another X-session will be started, but now on tty8 ([Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F8]).

Go ahead, try it.
You can change the number (:0, :1, :2, ..., :n) and for every new number
(that is not previously taken) another X-session is started on tty# with #
beging a free number.

So if you (per default) run KDE, do the following:
- Press Ctrl+Alt+F2
- Log in
- Edit $HOME/.xinitrc so it reads
	exec gnome-session
- Type "startx -- :1"

You can now switch between KDE and GNOME using
	Ctrl+Alt+F7
	Ctrl+Alt+F8

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