-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 15:07 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> This is why /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not a candidate for the job. >> So how come it works for me and apparently many other people? > ---- > I'm under the impression that settings in /etc/sysconfig/desktop... > > DISPLAYMANAGER= > > has the effect of choosing which dm launches at next startup/launch of > runlevel 5 > > DESKTOP= > > has the effect of choosing which desktop manager is the default for > users who haven't logged in previously. > > I could be wrong and I've done no intelligent research on this but this > is what I think I have come to understand happens. i do not consider my searching all that intelligent, but from looking at 'startx', 'startkde', 'man startx' and 'man xinit' 'startkde' fires up '/etc/X11/prefdm' which does '. /etc/sysconfig/desktop'. so at least 'startkde' is dependent on 'etc/sysconfig/desktop'. have a look at both 'startx' and 'startkde', if have not already. - -- tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIwZ0d+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAqVkAJ9kfqihoAukz6hku2RbvI6uI9jLFgCfWduv 8Pl0NcbXcpkiYcW5VyuTdB4= =h9wc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
