Suggestion - replace gdm with kdm as the default

[Paolo Galtieri]

If you want to run kdm instead od gdm do the following at a console login
(ctl-alt-f1) after logging in as root

mv /usr/sbin/gdm /usr/sbin/gdm.orig
init 3
init 5

This will start kdm.  The file to look at is /etc/X11/perfdm which is just a
shell script that starts the appropriate display manager

Paolo

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Beartooth <Beartooth at swva.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:07:44 -0700, Mike Cloaked wrote:
>
> > Beartooth Sciurivore wrote:
>
> >>      OK, I'll try -- and if I can handle it, anyone can. Where is that
> >> default, and how do I change it??
>
> > I am not where in Fedora the login manager is set to the default so that
> > an install gives kdm - but if you want to switch from gdm after the
> > install, and use it then you can create a file /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> > and put into it lines like the following:
> > DESKTOP="GNOME"
> > DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
> > The latter sets kdm to be the login manager.  If you restart X then
> > first time you try to login you need to select which desktop session
> > type you want - and then it becomes your default on that machine.
>
>         Sorry -- you're about 101.5 yards over my head. I wasn't even
> thinking about installs nor spins. Maybe that means I shouldn't be trying
> this.
>
>        /etc/sysconfig does not presently contain any file nor folder
> called desktop. If I create a file, with just those two lines, and call
> it that, will something read it and comply?? Or is */sysconfig/desktop
> some generic standard that I ought to know about to be doing this?
>
> > You can edit the config files ( in /etc/kde/kdm ) yourself but it is
> > easier to login to kde and then use the graphical settings system to
> > change things.
>
>         Hmmm ... I was hoping to be able to change just that one thing,
> and not have to use KDE otherwise at all. (I run Konqueror, mainly for
> man pages, and K3B -- and as little else from KDE as I can; but I concur
> in not liking the present gnome login.)
>
> > I guess that if you are spinning an iso and wanted kdm to be the default
> > then you would have to alter a source file somewhere but I have not
> > delved into that.
> --
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> Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
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