Gnome to KDE - switchdesk broken?

[Charles Heselton]

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 15:47:34 -0500, Bob Hartung <rwhart at mchsi.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  I just did an install of FC2 without problems.  Now in setting up
> desktop, although I run 'switchdesk KDE' I still have the gnome desktop,
> icons, etc.
> A review of .Xclients-default refers to a variable WMPATH that is
> exported.  However when I do a 'echo $WMPATH there is only a blank
> return.  This suggests that .Xclients-default is not being
> read/executed.  Where should I start to look?
> 
>  TIA,
> 
> Bob

If you look at the .Xclients-default script, the $WMPATH variable is
never exported.  So, if you echo it to see the contents at the command
line, it'll be blank.  "switchdesk KDE" worked for me.  Make sure your
.Xclients-default file looks like this and you should be OK:


#! /bin/bash
# Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher

WMPATH="/usr/bin /opt/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin"

for wm in $WMPATH ; do
        [ -x $wm/startkde ] && exec $wm/startkde
done

exit 1



-- 
Charlie Heselton
Network Security Engineer