On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> There's a third option, which I recommend: >> su - >> echo 'DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"' >/etc/sysconfig/desktop >> echo 'DESKTOP="KDE"' >>/etc/sysconfig/desktop > > This causes the KDE Display manager to come up but not the KDE session > manger . > The latter can be brought up by the icon in the bottom panel of Gnome > Display Manager just before you enter the passwd. >> >> In other words, create a file called /etc/sysconfig/desktop with the following >> contents: >> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" >> DESKTOP="KDE" >> >> That option is permanent and systemwide and it sets not only the default >> desktop to KDE, but also the display manager to KDM instead of GDM. It's how >> the KDE live CD is set up. >> >> Kevin Kofler This works: echo DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop Then edit/create $HOME/.dmrc and add this: [Desktop] Session=kde Change to "Session=gnome-session" for the GNOME DM. The .dmrc is created/modified by the action of selecting a Desktop Manager at the login GUI. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
