On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 16:56 +0100, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: > On 09/22/2010 04:37 PM, Jamie Bohr wrote: > > Thank you all for help. > > > > I verified kdm is installed and even removed gdm,now > > I get a console window instead of a login screen. I installed all the GDM > > packages I could find with yum, still no go.I had to create the > > /etc/sysconfig/desktop > > file, don't think if that makes a difference > > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 08:42 -0600, Jamie Bohr wrote: > > > I have googled and googled on how to make the login screen use KDE > > > rather than Gnome on Fedora 13. Many references say to put > > > DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE in /etc/sysconfig/desktop however when I do that I > > > get a console window for the login screen. I have even tried a > > > lowercase kde rather than an uppercase, still no good. I have an FC12 > > > install that works fine but it only has KDE installed. > > > > Since you asked for "any" help... > > > > Historical information: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/ch-sysconfig.html > > The /etc/sysconfig/desktop file specifies the desktop for new users and > > the display manager to be run when entering runlevel 5. > > > > Correct values are: > > > > DISPLAY=<value>, where <value> is one of the following: > > > > GNOME — Selects the GNOME desktop environment. > > > > KDE — Selects the KDE desktop environment. > > > > DISPLAYMANAGER=<value>, where <value> is one of the following: > > > > GDM — Selects the GNOME display manager. > > > > KDM — Selects the KDE display manager. > > > > XDM — Selects the XFree86 display manager. > > > > The first two are what you get after you've logged in. Your desktop > > being handled by Gnome or KDE, or others that aren't listed in this > > example. The last three being the logon screen, beforehand. > > > > You can use KDM as your logon handler, and Gnome as your desktop > > handler, or other combinations. Though, the last time I tried XDM, it > > didn't set up a few things as I logged in, so that Gnome didn't work > > properly. Darned if I can remember what, it was a long time ago, and > > may no longer be the case, but it's somewhere on the Fedora mailing list > > archives. > > > > Installing KDM or GDM should be separate issues than installing Gnome or > > KDE. Theoretically, one shouldn't depend on the other. i.e. You can > > install KDM, without having to install all of KDE. > > > > -- > > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > > > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I > > read messages from the public lists. > > > > > > > > -- > > users mailing list > > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jamie Bohr > > > > Based on my experience of just trying the supposedly correct values > above, they did not work for Fedora 13. Whereas the following does work > even if gdm and kdm are installed. > > DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE I can confirm this, because /etc/X11/prefdm has the following options: .......... if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then . /etc/sysconfig/desktop if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then preferred=/usr/sbin/gdm quit_arg="--retain-splash" elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/kdm quit_arg="--retain-splash" elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = WDM ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/wdm elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/xdm elif [ -n "$DISPLAYMANAGER" ]; then preferred=$DISPLAYMANAGER else quit_arg="--retain-splash" fi else .......... => it's KDE, not KDM Regards, Germán. -- Germán A. Racca National Institute for Space Research (INPE) São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil http://skytux.fedorapeople.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
