[ale] Switching from KDE to Gnome

[ringo]

I went into yast and found the /etc/sysconfig editor. I changed the
Default window manager from KDE to gnome, and the display manager from
kdm to gdm. Then I rebooted. It asked me for a user name and password in
while booting up (it usually does not), but then it booted to KDE
anyway. Any ideas?
Thanks
Ringo


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
ringo
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:33 PM
To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
Subject: RE: [ale] Switching from KDE to Gnome

Thanks, I'll dig around in Yast for a while. Here is why I'm talking
about switching to Gnome.
I'm working on a robot that is controlled by a laptop via the serial
port. I'm writing the code in C. I would like to start doing some basic
graphics so I can draw a mp of where the robot has been. Just grids or a
2d array of rectangles, that sort of thing. Since I have a lot of stuff
already written in C I would rather not switch langs to python or
something and have to start over. I have a book called "Beginning Linux
Programming" That covers TCL, perl, etc. The only thing I have seen so
far that is in C if Gnome-GTK. The book says you have to be running
gnome to use it. I tried compiling a sample program from a KDE terminal
window and it could not find things like gnome.h.
So, I'm assuming I need to use gnome for this to work, is this correct?
Is there another easy way to do some easy graphics and Gui stuff? I'm a
hardware guy, not a programmer so the easier the better.
Thanks
Ringo


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
James P. Kinney III
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:23 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: RE: [ale] Switching from KDE to Gnome

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 21:59 -0500, ringo wrote:
> Huh??

Too much fun and games...

Most distribution have a config setting that determines which X
interface to use. In the RedHat derivatives, that setting hids
in /etc/sysconfig/desktop. Since you are using SUSE, I would bet it hids
somewhere in YAST as that is "the SUSE way". 

The slow way is to dig in the /etc/X11 directory and figure out the
xconfig settings that are used to start things.

Some strings to look for are "gnome-session" and "gnome-panel".

Bear in mind, the default install on SUSE is KDE and it may not have
installed the gnome stuff. The RedHat derivatives do the same to KDE
(along with some more mangling of themes that seem to _really_ annoy the
KDE fans [I guess the gnome fans are just more tolerant of theme
mangling since RH mangles the gnome stuff as well]</flame-bait>)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Fulton Green
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:49 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Switching from KDE to Gnome
> 
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 09:45:32PM -0500, ringo wrote:
> > I'm using SUSE 9.2 and have been using KDE. Now I want to try Gnome,
> how
> > do I switch? 
> 
> http://Fedora.RedHat.com/ <rimshot/>
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