shutdown problems using KDE - logout only

[Konstantin Svist]

Jim Cornette wrote:
> Rohan Kulkarni wrote:
>> Hello,
>>          I installed fedora 8.Everything went on fine till I tried to
>> switch off the computer,I use the KDE desktop and when i clicked the
>> "Log Out" option nothing happens.I have to use /sbin/poweroff.What
>> should I do?
>>
>
> You should change your display manager to kdm instead of gdm which is 
> the default display manager whether you are using gnome or kde.
>
>
>

Best way to do that is to create a file /etc/sysconfig/desktop and put 
this line in it:
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"