On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 16:45, Peter Eddy wrote: > Gerry Tool wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 15:16, Richard E Miles wrote: > > > >>While trying to switch sessions on a temporary basis from kde to gnome > >>the session remained kde. A warning to use the desktop switcher was > >>indicated to make this permanent. Has anayone else noticed this behavior? > > > > I believe you are seeing the intended behavior. The current situation > > allows you to on-demand log into the GUI you don't normally use, but > > retains your normal GUI as the default if you don't explicitly select > > one until you change that default by using desktop switcher while logged > > in. The next login then is to your new default. I wodnered about it at > > first, but now like it in case I don't remember that my last login > > wasn't to my normal environment. > > At first I thought this was a bug, but now I think you're right, it's > intentional. Though I haven't come to like it as you have. Why make > things more complicated than necessary? Not to mention that, at least > in KDE, the desktop switching tool is buried in System Settings -> More > System Setings -> Desktop Swithing Tool. Hardly intuitive. In Gnome it is found in the same place, plus in Preferences > More Preferences > Desktop Switching Tool > > Didn't RedHat distributions prompt you to make the current selection the > default when you changed it from gdm? That seems like a more intuitive > way to me. That is the way it used to work. I'm not sure how RHL9 has it - I'll check it there next time I'm in that system. Give the new way some time before you get upset. Gerry
