F16 selecting kde and deselecting gnome: gdm-shell error

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

On 10/26/2011 12:18 PM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Gianluca Cecchi  wrote:
>
>> Installation completed but at first boot I completed the normal user
>> definition and sent profile, but then instead of login window I get a
>> window with message:
>>
>> failed to load session "gdm-shell"
>>
>> and a logout button
>> I would expect kdm instead of gdm.... and kdm has been installed
>> [root at f16tc2 ~]# type kdm
>> kdm is /usr/bin/kdm
>
>
> While writing /etc/sysconfig/desktop with
> DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE
> didn't work on first boot run session (even pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace).
> Setting it and rebooting the system lets kdm start.
> But the session is by default set to gnome (that I didn't select
> during install), and it seems I cannot select the "session type"
> option.
> At second attemp to click on it I get an X Windows System restart...
> the same trying to click on "Menu" option
>
> At second click when X restrts:
> Oct 26 18:17:28 f16tc2 kdm[886]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly
> Oct 26 18:17:28 f16tc2 kdm: :0[1609]: Fatal X server IO error:
> Interrupted system call
> Oct 26 18:17:28 f16tc2 abrt[1620]: saved core dump of pid 1604
> (/usr/bin/Xorg) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-10-26-18:17:28-1604
> (3424256 bytes)
> Oct 26 18:17:28 f16tc2 abrtd: Directory
> 'ccpp-2011-10-26-18:17:28-1604' creation detected
> Oct 26 18:17:28 f16tc2 abrtd: DUP_OF_DIR:
> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-10-26-18:09:50-1212
> Oct 26 18:17:28 f16tc2 abrtd: Dump directory is a duplicate of
> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-10-26-18:09:50-1212
> Oct 26 18:17:28 f16tc2 abrtd: Deleting dump directory
> ccpp-2011-10-26-18:17:28-1604 (dup of ccpp-2011-10-26-18:09:50-1212),
> sending dbus signal
>
>
> BTW: switching to a console window gives only garbage characters on
> all over the screen....

I ran into this on an earlier incarnation of F16 and had to install xdm 
as the display manager.

I would expect kdm if gnome desktop not selected and kdm selected. 
  Looks like a bug.

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OldFart