On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:30 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 16:05 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:48 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>> On Thursday 04 September 2008 14:38:12 Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>>> I do a switchdesk and set KDE as the default window manager. I am told > >>>> that I have to restart X to make it happen. I do that by typing: > >>>> ctrl-alt-backspace (or I go to init 3 and then back to init 5). > >>>> > >>> Which Fedora version? Which KDE version? > >>> > >>>> But nothing works. Were have I gone wrong? > >>> Did you try a reboot? Sometimes restarting X does fail. > >>> > >>> Was KDE working before this? > >>> > >>> Anne > >> I tried reboot but no go. However, using startdesk from init 3 and > >> using > >> startx resultws when I reboot, I get a different login screen with a > >> session choice. I suspect I am not running kde with gnome. If I get > >> tired of it I will switch back. > > I tried reboot but no go. However, using startdesk from init 3 and using > > startx resultws when I reboot, I get a different login screen with a > > session choice. I suspect I am now running kde with gnome. If I get > > tired of it I will switch back. > > In F8 and previous versions, the X startup code looks for > /etc/sysconfig/desktop. If the file is found, the value in the > "DISPLAYMANAGER=" line is used to launch a specific desktop. Valid > values are: > > GNOME > KDE > WDM > XDM > > or the absolute path to the desktop manager of your choice. > > If /etc/sysconfig/desktop is NOT found, then it tries to launch a > desktop manager in this order: > > gdm > kdm > wdm > xdm > > I can't speak to how F9 does things since my F9 machine is unavailable > at this time. That is not how f9 works > -- ======================================================================= "No, `Eureka' is Greek for `This bath is too hot.'" -- Dr. Who ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
