On Tue, 2015-11-24 at 09:41 +0000, Andrew R Paterson wrote: > On Tuesday 24 November 2015 00:07:00 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 19:23 +0000, Andrew R Paterson wrote: > > > I must be missing the point here, but I have always found that > > > after > > > installing multiple desktops and leaving gdm as the login > > > manager, > > > when you > > > are asked for the password on login there is a little gear cog > > > icon > > > which if > > > you click on brings up a menu of the different desktops you have > > > installed - > > > for instance I have CDE, GNOME, KDE ..... > > > > You're confusing Desktop Environment (DE) with Desktop Manager > > (DM). > > The DM handles the graphical login and other session stuff, > > including > > allowing you to select your DE, but the various DMs (gdm, kdm, > > sddm, > > ...) have slightly different capabilities. > > > > poc > I know that - but thats the problem! most people assume that in order > to > change DE youi have to change DM! > The "slightly different capabilities" you describe are so slight as > make the > whole idea of using multiple DMs a pointless exercise. Not so. As I think I mentioned once already, I changed from SDDM back to KDM because the former doesn't support automatically opening gnome- keyring on login. This is not a crippling failure, but it is a real annoyance. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
