[ale] Changing DM in Redhat 7.2 - aaargh!!

[John Wells]

Ahh...I see it now...

Instead of adding DESKTOP="KDE", add
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" to /etc/sysconfig/desktop.

And yes, I meant after the path ;-).

John


--- Charles Marcus <CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the help, John...
> 
> > From: John Wells [mailto:jbwellsiv at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:43 AM
> > To: Charles Marcus; 'Ale (E-mail)'
> > Subject: RE: [ale] Changing DM in Redhat 7.2 -
> aaargh!!
> > 
> > Charles,
> > 
> > Are you sure you have kdm installed?  If so,
> what's
> > the path?
> 
> Yes - /usr/bin
> 
> > Open /etc/X11/prefdm and insert the line "set -x"
> at
> > the top.
> 
> OK, did so - although I added it *after* the path -
> should it have been before?
> 
> > Then run the file and send the output to the
> > list.  It might be a bit more indicative of what's
> > going on...
> > 
> > John
> 
> Here's the output...
> 
> + . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
> ++ sourced=0
> ++ '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n ']'
> ++ . /etc/sysconfig/i18n
> +++ LANG=en_US
> +++ SUPPORTED=en_US:en
> +++ SYSFONT=lat0-sun16
> +++ SYSFONTACM=iso01
> ++ sourced=1
> ++ '[' -f /root/.i18n ']'
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ '[' 1 = 1 ']'
> ++ '[' -n en_US ']'
> ++ export LANG
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LC_CTYPE
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LC_COLLATE
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LC_MESSAGES
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LC_NUMERIC
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LC_MONETARY
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LC_TIME
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LC_ALL
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LANGUAGE
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset LINGUAS
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ unset _XKB_CHARSET
> ++ '[' -n '' ']'
> ++ '[' -n iso01 ']'
> +++ /sbin/consoletype
> ++ '[' vt100 = linux -a pty = vt ']'
> ++ unset SYSFONTACM SYSFONT
> + '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/autologin -a -x
> /usr/sbin/autologin ']'
> + preferred=
> + '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ']'
> + source /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> + '[' -n '' ']'
> + '[' '' = GNOME ']'
> + '[' '' = KDE -o '' = KDE1 -o '' = KDE2 ']'
> + '[' '' = AnotherLevel ']'
> + '[' -z '' ']'
> + which gdm
> + preferred=gdm
> + '[' -n gdm ']'
> + which gdm
> ++ which gdm
> + exec /usr/bin/gdm
> 
> > --- Charles Marcus <CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com>
> wrote:
> > > Guess I should have been more specific...
> > > 
> > > I have tried switchdesk (as root - many times),
> did
> > > not check 'applies only to this display', and
> every
> > > time I run it it is still set to GNOME.  Running
> > > switchdesk does *not* change the contents of
> > > /etc/sysconfig/desktop.  Also tried checking
> > > 'Restore Desktop' when logging out of KDE as
> well.
> > > 
> > > I tried manually adding [DESKTOP="KDE"] (without
> the
> > > brackets) in /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and nothing
> > > changes (and the first time I opened this file,
> the
> > > only thing there was [DESKT] (again, minus the
> > > brackets) - in other words, the entry was
> > > incomplete.
> > > 
> > > Couldn't make heads or tails out of
> /etc/X11/prefdm
> > > (not a programmer, have yet to try to learn bash
> > > scripting), but included whats in it below, in
> case
> > > anyone can tell at a glance if anything is wrong
> > > with it...
> > > 
> > > I just realized - I am using Ximian GNOME, not
> > > regular - maybe that has something to do with
> it?
> > > 
> > > Oh well,  I think I'm gonna switch to Gentoo
> soon
> > > anyway - gonna spend this weekend installing my
> > > first server.
> > > 
> > > Later
> > > 
> > > Charles
> > > 
> > > /etc/X11/prefdm
> > > 
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > 
> > >
> PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> > > 
> > > # We need to source this so that the login
> screens
> > > get translated
> > > . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
> > > 
> > > # Run preferred X display manager
> > > 
> > > # Try autologin first, if wanted...
> > > if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/autologin -a -x
> > > /usr/sbin/autologin ]; then
> > >         if /usr/sbin/autologin; then
> > >                 exit 0
> > >         fi
> > >         # If autologin fails (bad permissions,
> > > etc.), we get here -
> > >         # time to start a real display manager.
> > > fi
> > > 
> > > preferred=
> > > if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
> > >         source /etc/sysconfig/desktop >/dev/null
> > > 2>&1
> > >         [ -n "$DISPLAYMANAGER" ] &&
> > > DESKTOP=$DISPLAYMANAGER
> > >         if [ "$DESKTOP" = GNOME ]; then
> > >                 preferred=gdm
> > >         elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "KDE" -o "$DESKTOP"
> =
> > > "KDE1" -o "$DESKTOP" = "KDE2" ]; then
> > >                 preferred=/usr/bin/kdm
> > >         elif [ "$DESKTOP" = AnotherLevel ] ;
> then
> > >                 preferred=/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
> > >         fi
> > > fi
> > > if [ -z "$preferred" ]; then
> > >         if which gdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> > >                 preferred=gdm
> > >         elif which kdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> > >                 preferred=kdm
> > >         elif which xdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> > >                 preferred=xdm
> > >         fi
> > > fi
> > > if [ -n "$preferred" ] && which $preferred
> > > >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> > >         exec `which $preferred` $* >/dev/null
> 2>&1
> > > fi
> > > if which gdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> > >         exec `which gdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1
> > > elif which kdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> > >         exec `which kdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1
> > > elif which xdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> > >         exec `which xdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1
> > > fi
> > > exit 1
> 
> 
> 
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