Re: Can't switch to KDE

[Mike McCarty <Mike McCarty sbcglobal net>]

Craig White wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 18:46 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 16:36 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > > Craig White wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:22 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 20:35 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > > > > > Can't one just edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop ,
> > > > > > or doesn't that work any more?
> > > > > It does work and has been mentioned here several times in the past. Note
> > > > > that F9 doesn't seem to include the file by default so you have to
> > > > > create it, and of course know what to put in it. For KDE:
> > > > >
> > > > > #!/bin/sh
> > > > > DESKTOP="KDE"
> > > > > DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
> > > > ----
> > > > I don't believe that any version of Fedora or RHEL populates a
> > > > file /etc/sysconfig/desktop but if present, it will be used.
> > > My FC2 machine has it, and I didn't put it there by hand.
> > I'm pretty sure it used to be populated, but on F9 at least it's not
> > there by default. You have to create it.
> ----
> Fedora 7
> # uname -r
> 2.6.23.15-80.fc7
> # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package
>
> Fedora 8
> # uname -r
> 2.6.25.14-69.fc8
> # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package
>
> RHEL 5
> # uname -r
> 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5
> # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package
>
> RHEL 4
> # uname -r
> 2.6.9-55.0.12.ELsmp
> # rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package
>
> Pretty sure it used to be populated?  I'm sorry but I can't go back any
> farther
>
> Craig

$ rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/fstab
file /etc/fstab is not owned by any package

The fact that a file is not created by RPM doesn't mean
that the system doesn't install and populate it during
install. I certainly have edited /etc/fstab, but I didn't
create it or initially populate it. This may also be true
of /etc/sysconfig/desktop.

Mike
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