Tried GNOME and it won't let go!

[HatGuy]

I'm running Knoppix 5.1.1 and KDE. Just to see what GNOME was like, I switched to it from the Knoppix menu.

I may use GNOME again, but how do I get back to KDE?

I tried booting with desktop=kde and desktop=fluxbox and got . . . GNOME! Several times!

Thanks in advance.

HatGuy

[Harry Kuhman]

... running Knoppix 5.1.1 ... to see what GNOME was like, I switched to it ...

I tried booting with desktop=kde and desktop=fluxbox and got . . . GNOME! Several times!
Is there something that you're failing to mention, like perhaps you "installed" Knoppix to a hard disk? I find it hard to believe that Knoppix would retain a Gnome GUI after a cold boot if it was truly run from disc.

[HatGuy]

... running Knoppix 5.1.1 ... to see what GNOME was like,
... tried booting with desktop=kde and desktop=fluxbox and got . . . GNOME! Several times!
Is there something that you're failing to mention, like perhaps you "installed" Knoppix to a hard disk? I find it hard to believe that Knoppix would retain a Gnome GUI after a cold boot if it was truly run from disc.

Thanks for getting back so quickly.

I'm booting from a dvd, but I do have a persistent home directory. I have not saved the configuration since switching to GNOME.

HatGuy

[Harry Kuhman]

Well, why not try deleting, renaming or otherwise hiding that persistant home from your installed system and then booting the DVD again? That will prove or disprove if it's related.

[HatGuy]

...try deleting, renaming or otherwise hiding that persistant home ... That will prove or disprove if it's related.
Thanks for the suggestion; I will follow it as soon as I post this note and hope you have time to clarify some more newbie confusion.

It seems that I don't understand how the cheat codes work relative to the persistant home (knoppix.img) and saved configuration (knoppix.sh and knoppix.tbz) files. I thought at least three things that are apparently not true.

First, I thought cheat codes override whatever might be in the default knoppix setup scripts AND those three files, so I could adapt to different situations or try different settings. How do desktop settings (like those GNOME apparently set) override cheat codes? What is (are) the name(s) of the script(s) I could edit to reverse those settings? Is it possible to override settings like those GNOME's from the command line? If so, how?

Second, a higher level misunderstanding, I thought the desktop was part of the system, so its settings would be stored in knoppix.sk or knoppix.tbz. Thus, I thought, desktop settings existed only during the session they were made unless I explicitly saved my configuration. It seems that desktop settings are stored in knoppix.img as part of my persistant home, which its date stamp suggests is saved automatically. Is there a list somewhere of configurations, settings, whatever that are stored in each of the three files?

Third, I thought the Knoppix menu would be available in all desktops, but I haven't found it in GNOME. If I missed it, would you mind pointing to it? If I didn't how can I make a suggestion for that feature to be added to a future version of KNOPPIX?

Thanks again for your help.

KNOPPIX 3.4 worked straight from the "KNOPPIX Hacks" disk and I've come a long way from my first attempt to upgrade to 5.1. Someday, I hope, I'll understand what's going on well enough to help someone else.

I know from my work life how frustrating it can be to have endless newbies ask questions I/you think I've answered.

I try to remind myself that parents see their kids in time series, different every time they turn around, while I see their kids as a repeating cross section, different kids having the same problems and making the same mistakes, year after year.

HatGuy