No GUI--only console and xclock.

[Rohan Kulkarni]

Hello,
         I installed switchdesk.On using it,it told me that KDE was not
installed while I had selected the option while installing fedora
7.Usingyum I installed the KDE desktop and I am now getting a proper
desktop :-)
Thanks.


On 8/13/07, Charles Curley <charlescurley at charlescurley.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:07:20AM +0530, Rohan Kulkarni wrote:
> >    Hello,
> >             My Fedora 7 is not giving a GUI.
>
> Yes it is. Just not the one you expected.
>
> >    I just get a terminal and an xclock.While installation i had
> >    selected the KDE desktop.On clicking on the desktop i get a list
> >    which says
>
> >    Iconify
> >    Resize
> >    move
> >    Raise
> >    Lower
> >    Xterm
> >    Delete
> >    etc....
>
> What you have is TWM, the minimal window manager that comes with
> X. It's very nice for lean machines.
>
> "yum install switchdesk-gui" should give you a graphical way to switch
> to KDE.
>
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