Re: Can't switch to KDE

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On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 13:59 -0700, Aldo Foot wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 11:51 -0700, Aldo Foot wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> > Anne Wilson wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I've never used switchdesk.  Does it do something spectacular?  I've
>> >> >> always logged out, used the icon on the login panel to select the other
>> >> >> session,
>> >> >> then logged in again.  What extra does switchdesk give you?
>> >> >
>> >> > Can't one just edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop ,
>> >> > or doesn't that work any more?
>> >>
>> >> It should, but that file has to be created in F8, is not there in my box.
>> >> the switchdesk is an optional package. I find is the quickest way
>> >> to change your desktop at the CLI -no file editing.
>> >>
>> >> ~af
>> >>
>> > How do you do it using CLI?
>>
>> Install the switchdesk package, then change the desktop.
>>  $ sudo yum install switchdesk
>>  $ switchdesk KDE
>> that's it.
>>
>> you can use your Fedora CD to install if you don't want to use yum.
>> I'm running F8, and I figure F9 should be no different.
>> ~af
>>
> It is different, and the above does not work. It certainly worked in F8.
> --

I saw this in the F9 Release Notes (10.1.2). I wonder what else changed.

"Note: ~/.Xclients and ~/.xsession are no longer read automatically at
login time. If you use either of these files, install the
xorg-x11-xinit-session package."

~af

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