Can't switch to KDE

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 18:46 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 16:36 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > Craig White wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:22 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > >> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 20:35 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > >>> Can't one just edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop ,
> > >>> or doesn't that work any more?
> > >> It does work and has been mentioned here several times in the past. Note
> > >> that F9 doesn't seem to include the file by default so you have to
> > >> create it, and of course know what to put in it. For KDE:
> > >>
> > >> #!/bin/sh
> > >> DESKTOP="KDE"
> > >> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
> > > ----
> > > I don't believe that any version of Fedora or RHEL populates a
> > > file /etc/sysconfig/desktop but if present, it will be used.
> > 
> > My FC2 machine has it, and I didn't put it there by hand.
> 
> I'm pretty sure it used to be populated, but on F9 at least it's not
> there by default. You have to create it.
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Fedora 7
# uname -r
2.6.23.15-80.fc7
# rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package

Fedora 8
# uname -r
2.6.25.14-69.fc8
# rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package

RHEL 5
# uname -r
2.6.18-53.1.21.el5
# rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package

RHEL 4
# uname -r
2.6.9-55.0.12.ELsmp
# rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/desktop
file /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not owned by any package

Pretty sure it used to be populated?  I'm sorry but I can't go back any
farther

Craig