Can't switch to KDE

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 20:49 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 16:26 -0700, 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
> 
> Yes, pretty sure. You've only looked at 2 Fedoras (3 counting F9). RHEL
> versions mean nothing to me. I know I've used this before and I know for
> a fact that I didn't create the file the first time. I started with
> RedHat Linux 3rd edition (i.e. pre-Fedora and pre-RHEL), which is over
> 10 years ago, so who knows?
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well, packaging doesn't put it there but Mike may be right...anaconda
might write the file.

Craig