F 9 problems to install

[Per Anton Ronning]

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