Re: Can't switch to KDE-correction

[Rick Stevens <ricks nerd com>]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 16:05 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:48 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Thursday 04 September 2008 14:38:12 Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > > I do a switchdesk and set KDE as the default window manager. I am told
> > > > that I have to restart X to make it happen. I do that by typing:
> > > > ctrl-alt-backspace (or I go to init 3 and then back to init 5).
> > > Which Fedora version?  Which KDE version?
> > >
> > > > But nothing works. Were have I gone wrong?
> > > Did you try a reboot?  Sometimes restarting X does fail.
> > >
> > > Was KDE working before this?
> > >
> > > Anne
> > I tried reboot but no go. However, using startdesk from init 3 and
> > using
> > startx resultws when I reboot, I get a different login screen with a
> > session choice. I suspect I am not running kde with gnome. If I get
> > tired of it I will switch back.
> I tried reboot but no go. However, using startdesk from init 3 and using
> startx resultws when I reboot, I get a different login screen with a
>  session choice. I suspect I am now running kde with gnome. If I get
>  tired of it I will switch back.

In F8 and previous versions, the X startup code looks for
/etc/sysconfig/desktop.  If the file is found, the value in the
"DISPLAYMANAGER=" line is used to launch a specific desktop.  Valid
values are:

	GNOME
	KDE
	WDM
	XDM

or the absolute path to the desktop manager of your choice.

If /etc/sysconfig/desktop is NOT found, then it tries to launch a
desktop manager in this order:

	gdm
	kdm
	wdm
	xdm

I can't speak to how F9 does things since my F9 machine is unavailable
at this time.
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