How do I change the desktop manager

Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan at gmail.com
Thu Nov 11 02:21:24 UTC 2010


On 11/10/2010 09:32 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 14:35 -0700, stan wrote:
>> When you log into the X Desktop, in Gnome with GDM, you can select the
>> desktop that will be used.  In Gnome, they are at the bottom of the
>> page, not sure in KDE.
>
> To be clear:  That's not after you log-in, but part way through.  Done
> on the GDM or KDM screen, which is neither Gnome nor KDE, yet.
>
>       1. Pick a username
>       2. Pick the session type (Gnome, KDE, various others)
>       3. Enter your password
>
> The session type choosing device doesn't appear until you pick a name to
> log-in as, since that session type will only apply to that log-in.
> Which, of course, will preclude using this option for anyone who's set
> up a passwordless log-in (which isn't, generally, a good idea, anyway).

Actually KDM and KDM are slightly different in this respect. With KDM 
you can select the session type before entering anything in the login boxes.

poc



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