Hello, I would like to try KDE But I don't want to reinstall f14. Is there way to switch to KDE and then back to gnome? I did select the KDE also during the installation. at the present time I have gnome running.
su -c "yum install @kde-desktop" then look in the drop down menu in the login screen. Peter
I execute the line by copy it in the terminal went through several line and end with nothing to do Here is the result. I do not have a drop down menu on my login screen.
[Vinny@Lab2 ~]$ su -c "yum install @kde-desktop" Password: Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_US to language list Setting up Install Process Package kdebase-workspace-4.6.5-5.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kdebase-runtime-4.6.5-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdelibs-4.6.5-2.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kdm-4.6.5-5.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package xorg-x11-apps-7.4-14.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package dejavu-serif-fonts-2.32-1.fc14.noarch already installed and latest version Package 1:kde-plasma-networkmanagement-0.9-0.41.2.20110812git.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package digikam-1.9.0-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kaffeine-1.2.2-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package dejavu-sans-mono-fonts-2.32-1.fc14.noarch already installed and latest version Package amarok-2.4.3-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 7:system-config-printer-kde-4.6.5-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package xsettings-kde-0.12-3.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package konversation-1.3.1-2.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 1:kdeaccessibility-4.6.5-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdemultimedia-4.6.5-2.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package qtcurve-gtk2-1.8.5-4.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kipi-plugins-1.9.0-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kcm_touchpad-0.3.1-6.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdeutils-printer-applet-4.6.5-2.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 7:kdepim-4.4.11.1-4.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package qtcurve-kde4-1.8.4-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdebase-4.6.5-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package cups-pk-helper-0.0.4-13.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package xterm-261-2.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kpackagekit-0.6.3.3-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdegames-4.6.5-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdeutils-4.6.5-2.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package ktorrent-4.1.1-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 2:phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.5.1-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kcm-gtk-0.5.3-7.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package phonon-backend-xine-4.4.4-3.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package 7:kdenetwork-4.6.5-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kdeplasma-addons-4.6.5-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package scribus-1.3.9-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package ksshaskpass-0.5.3-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package dejavu-sans-fonts-2.32-1.fc14.noarch already installed and latest version Package 7:kdegraphics-4.6.5-3.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package plasma-scriptengine-python-4.6.5-5.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package konq-plugins-4.6.1-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kdeartwork-screensavers-4.6.5-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package kde-settings-pulseaudio-4.5-11.fc14.noarch already installed and latest version Package pinentry-qt-0.8.1-4.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package ibus-qt-1.3.1-3.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Package gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.26-1.fc14.i686 already installed and latest version Nothing to do [Vinny@Lab2 ~]$
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Vinny Onelli vonelli@verizon.net wrote:
I would like to try KDE But I don't want to reinstall f14. Is there way to switch to KDE and then back to gnome? I did select the KDE also during the installation. at the present time I have gnome running.
su -c "yum install @kde-desktop" then look in the drop down menu in the login screen. Peter
I execute the line by copy it in the terminal went through several line and end with nothing to do Here is the result.
Ok, this means that all of KDE is already installed on your machine.
I do not have a drop down menu on my login screen.
Oh yes, you do, it is just invisible. :-) You need to type in your username first (or select it from a list, depending on your configuration), and *only* *then* look for the drop-down menu. IIRC, it should be called "session" or something. You can choose there between KDE, Gnome, and maybe a few others... ;-)
HTH, :-) Marko
Hello, I would like to try KDE But I don't want to reinstall f14. Is there way to switch to KDE and then back to gnome? I did select the KDE also during the installation. at the present time I have gnome running.
su -c "yum install @kde-desktop" then look in the drop down menu in the login screen. Peter
I execute the line by copy it in the terminal went through several line and end with nothing to do Here is the result. I do not have a drop down menu on my login screen.
[Vinny@Lab2 ~]$ su -c "yum install @kde-desktop" Password: Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_US to language list Setting up Install Process
snip
Nothing to do [Vinny@Lab2 ~]$
Yes my mistake after I sent the email I noticed that you had already installed kde. So just make sure your user name is visible at the login screen and you should be able to choose kde plasmaworkspace from the drop down menu. Peter