Re:.xinit

["Moya Piernavieja Rodrigo"<rmoya mail fujitsu es>]

>I read about the .xinit file where you put things like terminals and 
>the like for startup.  I tried this and either e or gnome didn't like 
>this..
>
>Do I use a .xinit or not for this combination (GNOME and E).
>
it is .xinitrc, not .xinit. You should just add a line 'exec gnome-session', and then from the control-center, you can select which window manager to use.