[SOLVED] Can't start kde with gdm-2.91.6-2.fc15

chepioq · #1 7th February 2011, 07:44 AM

There is an update to gdm (gdm-2.91.6-2.fc15), and I use kde.
But this new gdm start with gnome and I don't see in gdm window the option where I can choose gnome or kde (in the previous gdm this option is in the bottom of window.)
Where is this option?

#2 7th February 2011, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by chepioq

There is an update to gdm (gdm-2.91.6-2.fc15), and I use kde.
But this new gdm start with gnome and I don't see in gdm window the option where I can choose gnome or kde (in the previous gdm this option is in the bottom of window.)
Where is this option?

i have seen on the fedora-devel list that bill Nottinham has said the feature to choose whatever DE you want will be coming back ( as he was told from a upstream developer ) http://lists.fedoraproject.org/piper...ry/148357.html when it will be back i dont know, possibly in the beta of Gnome3

you may have to use switchdesktop or whatever in the mean time to switch DE's

chepioq · #3 7th February 2011, 09:01 AM

That 's not work, I install swichdesk and when I launch it, it's set to kde...
But there is an error message:

Quote:

switchdesk
Red Hat Linux switchdesk 4.0
Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Red Hat, Inc
Redistributable under the terms of the GNU General Public License

** (switchdesk-gui.py:2191): WARNING **: AT-SPI: Accessibility bus not found - Using session bus.

Desktop now set up to run KDE.

When I restart, I set on gnome...

#4 7th February 2011, 09:36 AM

only other way i could think of doing it is to edit the file that has your Default Desktop as Gnome. put it as KDE but thats a PITA if you wanna switch from Gnome to KDE an vice versa

nimnull22 · #5 7th February 2011, 09:46 AM

Install SLIM, if you need to do things in rawhide, but it also needs some tweaks to make it works (especially with lock file, one need to change path /var/run only). It will change WM as you want.

Anyway rawhide works quite unusable right now, I can start only xfce, gnome can't start an all and it seems I can't find any error messages.
At least xfce works.

P.S. One also needs to add to "desktop" file in /etc/sysconfig line "....MANAGER" = /../../slim. Check prefdm script in /etc/x11. Sorry, if I made a mistake - not on fedora. So check your self.

From XFCE - logout doesn't work = clim can't restart; reboot and shutdown inactive in menu. So a lot things to do. And I did not play with it for now, may be later, or may be developers will fix it.

chepioq · #6 9th February 2011, 07:27 AM

I solved problem using kdm...