Thank you all for help. I verified kdm is installed and even removed gdm,now I get a console window instead of a login screen. I installed all the GDM packages I could find with yum, still no go.I had to create the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file, don't think if that makes a difference
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 08:42 -0600, Jamie Bohr wrote: > > I have googled and googled on how to make the login screen use KDE > > rather than Gnome on Fedora 13. Many references say to put > > DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE in /etc/sysconfig/desktop however when I do that I > > get a console window for the login screen. I have even tried a > > lowercase kde rather than an uppercase, still no good. I have an FC12 > > install that works fine but it only has KDE installed. > > Since you asked for "any" help... > > Historical information: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/ch-sysconfig.html > The /etc/sysconfig/desktop file specifies the desktop for new users and > the display manager to be run when entering runlevel 5. > > Correct values are: > > DISPLAY=<value>, where <value> is one of the following: > > GNOME — Selects the GNOME desktop environment. > > KDE — Selects the KDE desktop environment. > > DISPLAYMANAGER=<value>, where <value> is one of the following: > > GDM — Selects the GNOME display manager. > > KDM — Selects the KDE display manager. > > XDM — Selects the XFree86 display manager. > > The first two are what you get after you've logged in. Your desktop > being handled by Gnome or KDE, or others that aren't listed in this > example. The last three being the logon screen, beforehand. > > You can use KDM as your logon handler, and Gnome as your desktop > handler, or other combinations. Though, the last time I tried XDM, it > didn't set up a few things as I logged in, so that Gnome didn't work > properly. Darned if I can remember what, it was a long time ago, and > may no longer be the case, but it's somewhere on the Fedora mailing list > archives. > > Installing KDM or GDM should be separate issues than installing Gnome or > KDE. Theoretically, one shouldn't depend on the other. i.e. You can > install KDM, without having to install all of KDE. > > -- > [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I > read messages from the public lists. > > > > -- > users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- Jamie Bohr
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