Re: How to change from gnome to KDE and back?

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> Vinny Onelli wrote:
> 
> > I did select the KDE also
> > during the installation. at the present time I have gnome running.
> 
> You have all of KDE already installed. Simply log out and select KDE on the 
> kdm selector and log back in. gdm should also give you that option.
> 
> If it doesn't work, then try this:
> 
> edit or create the file /etc/sysconfig/dekstop and have only these lines in 
> it:
> 
> DESKTOP="KDE"
> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
> 
> Make sure to run:
> 
> restorecon -v '/etc/sysconfig/desktop'
> 
> after editing, so that there will be no problems with selinux. Both editing 
> the file and running restorecon must be done as root.
> 
> What this file does is to switch your system from using gdm to using kdm.
> 
> Then, also make sure you have this file in /home/yourusername/.dmrc. It 
> contains only these lines:
> 
> [Desktop]
> Session=default
> 
> Since this is in your directory, you don't need to be root to edit the file.
> 
> Now, reboot the system and allow it to use kdm to log in. You will see a 
> selector that allows you to choose kde or gnome.
> 
> To return back to your former setup, reverse these changes.
> 
Thank you very much, the direction were perfect and every thing worked.


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