Can't switch to KDE-correction

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:30 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 16:05 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> >> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 14:48 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> >>> On Thursday 04 September 2008 14:38:12 Aaron Konstam wrote:
> >>>> I do a switchdesk and set KDE as the default window manager. I am told
> >>>> that I have to restart X to make it happen. I do that by typing:
> >>>> ctrl-alt-backspace (or I go to init 3 and then back to init 5).
> >>>>
> >>> Which Fedora version?  Which KDE version?
> >>>
> >>>> But nothing works. Were have I gone wrong?
> >>> Did you try a reboot?  Sometimes restarting X does fail.
> >>>
> >>> Was KDE working before this?
> >>>
> >>> Anne
> >> I tried reboot but no go. However, using startdesk from init 3 and
> >> using
> >> startx resultws when I reboot, I get a different login screen with a
> >> session choice. I suspect I am not running kde with gnome. If I get
> >> tired of it I will switch back.
> > I tried reboot but no go. However, using startdesk from init 3 and using
> > startx resultws when I reboot, I get a different login screen with a
> >  session choice. I suspect I am now running kde with gnome. If I get
> >  tired of it I will switch back.
> 
> In F8 and previous versions, the X startup code looks for
> /etc/sysconfig/desktop.  If the file is found, the value in the
> "DISPLAYMANAGER=" line is used to launch a specific desktop.  Valid
> values are:
> 
> 	GNOME
> 	KDE
> 	WDM
> 	XDM
> 
> or the absolute path to the desktop manager of your choice.
> 
> If /etc/sysconfig/desktop is NOT found, then it tries to launch a
> desktop manager in this order:
> 
> 	gdm
> 	kdm
> 	wdm
> 	xdm
> 
> I can't speak to how F9 does things since my F9 machine is unavailable
> at this time.
That is not how f9 works
> 
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