Can't switch to KDE

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 13:09 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 15:07 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > This is
> > > why /etc/sysconfig/desktop is not a candidate for the job.
> > 
> > So how come it works for me and apparently many other people?
> ----
> I'm under the impression that settings in /etc/sysconfig/desktop...
> 
> DISPLAYMANAGER=
> 
> has the effect of choosing which dm launches at next startup/launch of
> runlevel 5
> 
> DESKTOP=
> 
> has the effect of choosing which desktop manager is the default for
> users who haven't logged in previously.
> 
> I could be wrong and I've done no intelligent research on this but this
> is what I think I have come to understand happens.
> 
> Craig
> 
Ypou are absolutely correct but I wanted to change the window manager
not the display manager. I am sorry I got the terms confused in a
previous message. switchdesk is supposed to do this.
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