F 9 problems to install
Per Anton Ronning
pa-ronn at online.no
Wed Aug 6 11:43:24 UTC 2008
Nigel Henry wrote:
> 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.
>
>
That is what I was expecting, but the only options are:
Suspend, Restart, Shut Down, and none of these bring up any choice of
desktop environment (I have tried them all)
"Session" is not there - it was present in FC 5 though.
But it may be among the system settings, I'll keep looking.
Brgds
PAR
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