Re: Can't switch to KDE

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 20:49 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 16:26 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 18:46 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 16:36 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > > > Craig White wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:22 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > >> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 20:35 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > > > >>> Can't one just edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop ,
> > > > >>> or doesn't that work any more?
> > > > >> It does work and has been mentioned here several times in the past. Note
> > > > >> that F9 doesn't seem to include the file by default so you have to
> > > > >> create it, and of course know what to put in it. For KDE:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> #!/bin/sh
> > > > >> DESKTOP="KDE"
> > > > >> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
> > > > > ----
> > > > > I don't believe that any version of Fedora or RHEL populates a
> > > > > file /etc/sysconfig/desktop but if present, it will be used.
> > > > 
> > > > My FC2 machine has it, and I didn't put it there by hand.
> > > 
> > > I'm pretty sure it used to be populated, but on F9 at least it's not
> > > there by default. You have to create it.
> > ----
> > Fedora 7
> > # uname -r
> > 2.6.23.15-80.fc7
> > # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> > file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package
> > 
> > Fedora 8
> > # uname -r
> > 2.6.25.14-69.fc8
> > # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> > file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package
> > 
> > RHEL 5
> > # uname -r
> > 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5
> > # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> > file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package
> > 
> > RHEL 4
> > # uname -r
> > 2.6.9-55.0.12.ELsmp
> > # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> > file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package
> > 
> > Pretty sure it used to be populated?  I'm sorry but I can't go back any
> > farther
> 
> Yes, pretty sure. You've only looked at 2 Fedoras (3 counting F9). RHEL
> versions mean nothing to me. I know I've used this before and I know for
> a fact that I didn't create the file the first time. I started with
> RedHat Linux 3rd edition (i.e. pre-Fedora and pre-RHEL), which is over
> 10 years ago, so who knows?
----
well, packaging doesn't put it there but Mike may be right...anaconda
might write the file.

Craig

-- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
[Index of Archives]     [Older Fedora Users]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Package Announce]     [EPEL Announce]     [Fedora Magazine]     [Fedora News]     [Fedora Summer Coding]     [Fedora Laptop]     [Fedora Cloud]     [Fedora Advisory Board]     [Fedora Education]     [Fedora Security]     [Fedora Scitech]     [Fedora Robotics]     [Fedora Maintainers]     [Fedora Infrastructure]     [Fedora Websites]     [Anaconda Devel]     [Fedora Devel Java]     [Fedora Legacy]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora Fonts]     [ATA RAID]     [Fedora Marketing]     [Fedora Management Tools]     [Fedora Mentors]     [SSH]     [Fedora Package Review]     [Fedora R Devel]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kickstart]     [Fedora Music]     [Fedora Packaging]     [Centos]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Fedora Legal]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora OCaml]     [Coolkey]     [Virtualization Tools]     [ET Management Tools]     [Yum Users]     [Tux]     [Yosemite News]     [Gnome Users]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Art]     [Fedora Docs]     [Asterisk PBX]     [Fedora Sparc]     [Fedora Universal Network Connector]     [Libvirt Users]     [Fedora ARM]

  Powered by Linux