Re: Can't switch to KDE

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 05:52 +0000, g wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
> <snip>
> > I thought that the topic of immediate interst was whether
> 
> that is interest in this ravel of thread. so, going forward to solve
> op's original question and provided that he *does* have kde installed;
> 
> ++++
> /etc/X11/prefdm executes '. /etc/sysconfig/desktop'. [from 'man
> xinit']
> so, by setting up /etc/sysconfig/desktop to,
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> DESKTOP="KDE"
> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
> 
> as previously described to set things to kde, op should get kde for
> desktop.
Let us be clear. I am running f9, I have kde installed
and /etc/sysconfig/desktop exists. But the file is empty. Filling it as
you indicate does nothing to get me KDE.

The session change icon on the panel in gdm once you have chosen a user
name does let me launch KDE. So the ultimate problem is solved leaving
much mystery behind.
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