How do I change the desktop manager

Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan at gmail.com
Thu Nov 11 17:53:29 UTC 2010


On 11/11/10 11:23 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 21:51 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> 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
>>
> Actually that is true but not the whole truth. The ability to change
> desktops is created by the value of $DISPLAYMANAGER in the file
> /etc/sysconfig/desktop

Correct. The OP asked about changing the desktop manager, not the 
desktop, so editing /etc/sysconfig/desktop is the right answer. However 
even in this case you can still specify the session type via the login 
screen (the details of which vary according to which dm you're using).

poc


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