On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> There's a third option, which I recommend:
> su -
> echo 'DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"' >/etc/sysconfig/desktop
> echo 'DESKTOP="KDE"' >>/etc/sysconfig/desktop
This causes the KDE Display manager to come up but not the KDE session
manger .
The latter can be brought up by the icon in the bottom panel of Gnome
Display Manager just before you enter the passwd.
>
> In other words, create a file called /etc/sysconfig/desktop with the following
> contents:
> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
> DESKTOP="KDE"
>
> That option is permanent and systemwide and it sets not only the default
> desktop to KDE, but also the display manager to KDM instead of GDM. It's how
> the KDE live CD is set up.
>
> Kevin Kofler
This works:
echo DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop
Then edit/create $HOME/.dmrc and add this:
[Desktop]
Session=kde
Change to "Session=gnome-session" for the GNOME DM.
The .dmrc is created/modified by the action of selecting a Desktop Manager
at the login GUI.
~af