F 9 problems to install

[Nigel Henry]

On Wednesday 06 August 2008 11:27, Per Anton Ronning wrote:
> Hi Beartooth:
> Okei, I solved it.  I hooked up my old CRT and it processed the signals
> - although the screen was messy.
> I found out after some experimenting that the problem boiled down to the
> resolution setting.
> The F 9 setup offered two alternatives: 640 x 480 and 800 x 600.
> 640 x 480 produced a clear picture, 800 x 600 produced "out of range".
> I guess 800 x 600 was the default setting when I fired up the PC
> the first time.
> On my invoice for the machine the screen is listed as 1680 x 1050,
> but it seems that F 9 only has the 2 alternatives listed above.
> Why this is so I don't know. On my old PC is running Fedora Core 5, and
> when I hook up the new LCD (the 2 PC's share one screen, keyboard and
> mouse via a KVM swith - very convenient) i get the 2 alternative
> resolutions under  F 5 as well.
>
> Now, since we are talking I have another question:
> I did install F 9 with both Gnome and KDE. Gnome is (as before) the
> default,  but   I have not yet found out how to  switch to  KDE.
> (I sort of like KDE, I have gotten used to it)
> It used to be the login screen, but not  any more, it seems. Linux
> Format (where I got the F 9 DVD) does not mention anything about how to
> switch, and that is (so far) the only F 9 documentation I have.
>
> Brgds
> PAR

Hi Par. This is probably too obvious, but don't you have a bar at the bottom 
of the login screen, with the language, and session option buttons?

Nigel.