On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 10:38 -0400, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Wednesday 06 August 2008 07:43:24 am Per Anton Ronning wrote: > > Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Wednesday 06 August 2008 11:27, Per Anton Ronning wrote: > > >> Hi Beartooth: > > >> Okei, I solved it. I hooked up my old CRT and it processed the signals > > >> - although the screen was messy. > > >> I found out after some experimenting that the problem boiled down to the > > >> resolution setting. > > >> The F 9 setup offered two alternatives: 640 x 480 and 800 x 600. > > >> 640 x 480 produced a clear picture, 800 x 600 produced "out of range". > > >> I guess 800 x 600 was the default setting when I fired up the PC > > >> the first time. > > >> On my invoice for the machine the screen is listed as 1680 x 1050, > > >> but it seems that F 9 only has the 2 alternatives listed above. > > >> Why this is so I don't know. On my old PC is running Fedora Core 5, and > > >> when I hook up the new LCD (the 2 PC's share one screen, keyboard and > > >> mouse via a KVM swith - very convenient) i get the 2 alternative > > >> resolutions under F 5 as well. > > >> > > >> Now, since we are talking I have another question: > > >> I did install F 9 with both Gnome and KDE. Gnome is (as before) the > > >> default, but I have not yet found out how to switch to KDE. > > >> (I sort of like KDE, I have gotten used to it) > > >> It used to be the login screen, but not any more, it seems. Linux > > >> Format (where I got the F 9 DVD) does not mention anything about how to > > >> switch, and that is (so far) the only F 9 documentation I have. > > >> > > >> Brgds > > >> PAR > > > > > > Hi Par. This is probably too obvious, but don't you have a bar at the > > > bottom of the login screen, with the language, and session option > > > buttons? > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > That is what I was expecting, but the only options are: > > Suspend, Restart, Shut Down, and none of these bring up any choice of > > desktop environment (I have tried them all) > > "Session" is not there - it was present in FC 5 though. > > But it may be among the system settings, I'll keep looking. > > > > Brgds > > PAR > > You will need to install switchdesk (and probably switchdesk-gui) if you have > not already done so. (My recollection is that switchdesk is not installed be > default in F9). The option to chose the desktop doesn't appear in the login > screen until after you have entered your username, but before you enter the > password; it appears in a bar at the bottom of the screen. It's not actually necessary to install switchdesk. You can simply edit a config file, e.g.: # cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop #!/bin/sh DESKTOP="KDE" DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" # Followed by "init 3; init 5". Also, the mechanics of choosing which desktop to run in a given session depend on the Display Manager (usually kdm or gdm). poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
