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    I setup linux in my install to boot to text....i can type startx and have it work, that's fine..but I want to be able to choose between GNOME and other desktops that i install like Ximian XD2 or xfce how do I do this
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    whitch distro are you using, and whitch desktops do you have installed? also, post the contents of

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    I am running RedHat 9 and that file does not exist.

    I only have GNOME now but will have xfce shortly for sure
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    I think that redhat offers tools integrated into its Gnome GUI for setting the defaults for an X start. Sorry, I don't know the Red Hat system very well and cannot offer much beyond that.
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