Re: Desktop switching tool problem

[Gerry Tool <gstool earthlink net>]

Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 22:15, Gerry Tool wrote:
>
> > Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> >
> >
> > > 	Advance forewarning of impending catastrophe. We'll probably be
> > > removing switchdesk in FC3:
> > >
> > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2004-May/msg00010.html
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Mark.
> >
> > Reading the referenced message, it appears that even though switchdesk 
> > is removed, one will still be able to select which gui to use at login. 
> >  Is this understanding correct?
>
>
> 	Yeah, basically GDM has code to allow you do it, but it disables that
> code if it sees that switchdesk is installed. You can switch that
> behaviour on even if switchdesk is installed by doing
>
> ShowLastSession=true
>
> 	in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf

I made that change on my system and like the result much better than 
using switchdesk, anyway.  That's the way RHL used to work and I 
preferred it that way.

Thanks.

Gerry Tool