On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 12:35 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 08:23 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Look, we have been at this too long. > > Agreed. > > > 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. > > And I've been trying to explain that I don't use switchdesk because I > get the right result by editing /etc/sysconfig/desktop, which for some > reason isn't working for you. > > I suspect that if you find out why switchdesk doesn't work for you, you > will also find out why my method doesn't work for you. The answer may be > to do with your X setup, not with switchdesk or /etc/sysconfig/desktop. > > This is what is supposed to happen on F9 (note that this has changed a > bit since F8): > > Boot goes to state 5 > ... which runs /etc/event.d/prefdm > ... which runs /etc/X11/prefdm > ... which consults /etc/sysconfig.desktop if present, and sets the > desktop manager > ... and then executes it. > The desktop manager runs the login session > ... then runs X as a child > > You might want to look at /var/log/messages to see what is actually > happening. > > poc > You boot process stops to soon. Once you are in a login session we still have the question of what window manager is launched when you login. What do you think controls that? -- ======================================================================= "If you own a machine, you are in turn owned by it, and spend your time serving it..." -- Marion Zimmer Bradley, _The Forbidden Tower_ ======================================================================= 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
