KDM instead of GDM on FC3

Arthur Pemberton dalive at flashmail.com
Sat Jan 22 12:52:52 UTC 2005


Gustavo Seabra wrote:

> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
>> Pete Choppin wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 21:45 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>>> "PC" == Pete Choppin <pchoppin at comcast.net 
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:pchoppin at comcast.net>> writes:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PC> However, I do not know how to make KDE the default manager.
>>>>
>>>> Add:
>>>>
>>>> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
>>>>
>>>> to /etc/sysconfig/desktop.
>>>>
>>>> - J<
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah yes.. thanx a million
>>>
>>> PC
>>
>>
>>
>> As easy as the switch from GDM to KDM might seem, it woudl be nice if 
>> Fedora offered a little GUI for this.
>>
> Previous RH versions used to give you the option, on login, to make 
> KDE your default session. Fedora, for some reason, removed it, and now 
> you have to use the "switchdesk" command to get KDE as default. It 
> looks like they are going in the reverse direction as to what you're 
> suggesting...
>
Is there any particulat reason for this reverse direction? I lik 
recommending Fedora to others new to linux distros.




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