On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 18:15 -0300, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote: > Em Dom 04 Jan 2009, Aaron Konstam escreveu: > > On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 10:25 -0600, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 13:05 -0300, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote: > > > > Em Dom 04 Jan 2009, Gregory P. Ennis escreveu: > > > > > On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 00:22 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > > > > > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for the link !!!! Looks like gdmsetup is gone and > > > > > > > what we could do with the login screen using Fc5 through > > > > > > > Fc8 is gone too. Too bad it was a good option!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, you could use KDM if you want something more > > > > > > configurable. > > > > > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Kofler > > > > > > > > > > Kevin, > > > > > > > > > > That is a very good idea. I have been wanting to play with > > > > > kde4. Can you give me a starting place to switch the login > > > > > screen to kdm? I have kde4 installed but have never activated a > > > > > kde interface. > > > > > > > > Create a /etc/sysconfig/desktop file with the following: > > > > DESKTOP="KDE" > > > > DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" > > > > > > > > and reboot. Or uninstall gdm. Only the last line is needed to use > > > > kdm, the first one sets up KDE as the default GUI. > > > > I have those lines in that file and my default gui is GNOME. So what > > you are saying is not true. > > It IS true. Of course, you can still set up the default desktop for YOUR > USER as Gnome or any other GUI you like if you have it installed. > Log in as a user who does not have such settings (a new user, for > example) and you will see KDE will be loaded, unless he explicitly > selects Gnome before he logs in. KDE will be the system default. > On the other hand, if you don't add that line (in Fedora), new users > will automatically log in to Gnome, even if the display manager is kdm. > Maybe you should be more careful with what you say, or at least with how > you say it. Of course, I can make mistakes like anyone else, but you > seem to imply I'm deliberately lying. > > []'s > Marcelo > Marcelo, Using the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file with the additions you suggested worked perfectly for me. I was not able to switch to kde without creating the file and without the entries you suggested. Thanks again!!!! Greg -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
