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Subject: Re: change login screen to KDE
From: Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-09-22 15:37:20
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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@yahoo.com.au> 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.
>
>
>
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Thank you all for help. <br><br>I verified kdm is installed and even removed gdm,now<br>
I get a console window instead of a login screen. I installed all the GDM<br>
packages I could find with yum, still no go.I had to create the /etc/sysconfig/desktop<br>
file, don't think if that makes a difference<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at \
7:01 AM, Tim <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au">ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br> \
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 08:42 -0600, Jamie Bohr wrote:<br> > I \
have googled and googled on how to make the login screen use KDE<br> > rather than Gnome on Fedora 13. \
Many references say to put<br> > DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE in /etc/sysconfig/desktop however when I do that \
I<br> > get a console window for the login screen. I have even tried a<br>
> lowercase kde rather than an uppercase, still no good. I have an FC12<br>
> install that works fine but it only has KDE installed.<br>
<br>
</div>Since you asked for "any" help...<br>
<br>
Historical information:<br>
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/ch-sysconfig.html" \
target="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/ch-sysconfig.html</a><br>
The /etc/sysconfig/desktop file specifies the desktop for new users and<br>
the display manager to be run when entering runlevel 5.<br>
<br>
Correct values are:<br>
<br>
DISPLAY=<value>, where <value> is one of the following:<br>
<br>
GNOME — Selects the GNOME desktop environment.<br>
<br>
KDE — Selects the KDE desktop environment.<br>
<br>
DISPLAYMANAGER=<value>, where <value> is one of the following:<br>
<br>
GDM — Selects the GNOME display manager.<br>
<br>
KDM — Selects the KDE display manager.<br>
<br>
XDM — Selects the XFree86 display manager.<br>
<br>
The first two are what you get after you've logged in. Your desktop<br>
being handled by Gnome or KDE, or others that aren't listed in this<br>
example. The last three being the logon screen, beforehand.<br>
<br>
You can use KDM as your logon handler, and Gnome as your desktop<br>
handler, or other combinations. Though, the last time I tried XDM, it<br>
didn't set up a few things as I logged in, so that Gnome didn't work<br>
properly. Darned if I can remember what, it was a long time ago, and<br>
may no longer be the case, but it's somewhere on the Fedora mailing list<br>
archives.<br>
<br>
Installing KDM or GDM should be separate issues than installing Gnome or<br>
KDE. Theoretically, one shouldn't depend on the other. i.e. You can<br>
install KDM, without having to install all of KDE.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r<br>
2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686<br>
<br>
Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I<br>
read messages from the public lists.<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jamie Bohr<br>
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