On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 08:26 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 16:35 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 15:07 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 09:39 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 18:46 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 15:47 -0500, Aaron Konstam 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" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > poc > > > > > > > > > > > > > That does not work on my machine. > > > > > > > > > > What does "not work" mean? What exactly happens? Have you restarted X > > > > > after makimg the above changes? It's not enough just to log out and in > > > > > again since you want to change the display manager (not just the window > > > > > manager). "init 3 && init 5" from a console should do the trick. > > > > Not work means when I login I get GNOME not KDE. > > > > > > > > > > > What do you think of .Xclient-default? > > > > > > > > > > You mean .Xclients-default? It just seems to execute startkde on my > > > > > system. That won't change the display manager either. > > > > Actually running startkde does change the display manager. > > > > > > According to > > > http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase-runtime/userguide/kde-startup-sequence.html : > > > > > > "The KDE startup sequence starts with the startkde script. In > > > most cases this script gets called from the display manager > > > (kdm) once the user has been authenticated." > > > > > > > Which is how > > > > switchsession is supposed to work. You just want to change the display > > > > manager for thew one user not the whole machine. > > > > > > I think you're confused about what the display manager does. Note that > > > you can also run KDE under gdm, the Gnome Display Manager. > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > poc > > > > > You are partially right. Reread message replacing display manager by > > window manager. Sorry for the mistake. > > OK, rereading it with substitution we get: > > "Actually running startkde does change the window manager ... > Which is how switchsession is supposed to work. You just want to > change the window manager for the one user not the whole > machine" > > To be pedantic, switchdesk (not "switchsession") doesn't explicitly > change the window manager, it changes the desktop (which usually will > change the window manager implicitly). However that's immaterial. If you > look at what it does -- it's a Shell script so you can read it -- it > just sets up some initialization files for the next user session. In the > case of KDE, the initialization file simply searches for startkde in a > number of standard places. Since you say that startkde works for you > when run from a terminal, I'm at a loss to understand why this doesn't > just work unless it's a bug in startkde itself. > > > But you are wrong that the > > contents of /etc/sysconfig/desktop controls which window manager is > > booted when you login. Which is what I wanted to do. That does not work > > for anyone. > > Doesn't work for anyone? I'm telling you (again) that it works for me, > and I think it also works for other people. Perhaps you meant it doesn't > work for *everyone*, which is why we're discussing this. > > poc > Look, we have been at this too long. switchdesk changes the file .Xclient-defaults but that file is not sourced on my machine. If you know how to get it sourced when you login I will be glad to learn something new. -- ======================================================================= Each of us bears his own Hell. -- Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) ======================================================================= 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
