Fedora 9 desktop switching app

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2008-11-12 15:08:55 UTC

Hi,

Can someone please tell me how to switch desktops from Gnome to KDE in
Fedora 9.

There used to be a desktop switching tool but I cannot find it in F9
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Kind regards,

Graeme

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John5342

2008-11-12 11:50:34 UTC

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To change your login manager to kde more permanently as root run:

echo "DISPLAYMANAGER=\"KDE\"" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop

and then restart X. to switch back to gnome either do the same but replace
KDE with GNOME or remove /etc/sysconfig/desktop and it will default back to
gnome.

Hope thats what your looking for.

Post by GN
Hi,
Can someone please tell me how to switch desktops from Gnome to KDE in
Fedora 9.
There used to be a desktop switching tool but I cannot find it in F9
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Kind regards,
Graeme
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2008-11-13 13:12:26 UTC

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Post by John5342
echo "DISPLAYMANAGER=\"KDE\"" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop
and then restart X. to switch back to gnome either do the same but
replace KDE with GNOME or remove /etc/sysconfig/desktop and it will
default back to gnome.
Hope thats what your looking for.

Hi John,

Thank you for the information. You have taught me something that I was
looking for that I had forgotten and couldn't remember for the life of
me. Much appreciated.

GN.

Post by John5342
Hi,
Can someone please tell me how to switch desktops from Gnome to KDE in
Fedora 9.
There used to be a desktop switching tool but I cannot find it in F9
--
Kind regards,
Graeme
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Claude Jones

2008-11-12 04:22:51 UTC

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Post by GN
Hi,
Can someone please tell me how to switch desktops from Gnome to KDE in
Fedora 9.
There used to be a desktop switching tool but I cannot find it in F9

yum install switchdesk
but you really don't need it
at login glance down at the bottom of your screen after you've typed in your
password - there should be some options there and clicking should reveal the
option to switch to KDE - I believe the standard behavior now is to use
whatever you used last as the default unless you go into menus to change it,
so you should only have to do it once

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Brunswick, MD, USA

2008-11-13 13:08:05 UTC

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Post by Claude Jones

Post by GN
Hi,
Can someone please tell me how to switch desktops from Gnome to KDE in
Fedora 9.
There used to be a desktop switching tool but I cannot find it in F9

yum install switchdesk
but you really don't need it
at login glance down at the bottom of your screen after you've typed in
your password - there should be some options there and clicking should
reveal the option to switch to KDE - I believe the standard behavior now
is to use whatever you used last as the default unless you go into menus
to change it, so you should only have to do it once
--
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA

Thank you Claude, I installed the switchdesk & switchdesk-gui packages
but you were right, once my password is entered the options show up. I
was entering my password and hitting 'Enter' straight away and didn't
notice them.

Thanks again.

GN

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