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Hi, I need to find out (using a Shell script/ C program), whether GNOME or KDE is running as the current Desktop manager. Is there a way to accomplish this? ...
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  1. 07-12-2005 #1
    basudevagrawal
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    How to findout whether GNOME or KDE is running

    Hi,

    I need to find out (using a Shell script/ C program), whether GNOME or KDE is running as the current Desktop manager.

    Is there a way to accomplish this? There are some environment variables specific to these ( for example GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID and GDMSESSION), but I am not sure about the significance of these variables and whether they will always be set with some value?

    Will appreciate any thoughts/help on this.

    Thanks.
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  2. 07-12-2005 #2
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    You get the process if it's running..
    Code:
    ps aux | grep -E "kde|gnome" | grep -v grep
    That will probably work.
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