[ILUG] desktop switching and stuff

[jac1]

I don't think you need the 'DESKTOP=' bit in the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file,
just put the name of the desktop you want to use in there ie. just 'KDE' or 
'GNOME'. 
James

>===== Original Message From "Tim McAuley" <mcauleyt at tcd.ie> =====
>Somethings I find funny...
>
>I wanted to switch the default desktop of Redhat 7.1 from Gnome to KDE (for
>everyone, not just me).
>
>Right, so I change /etc/sysconfig/desktop to 'DESKTOP="KDE"' rather than
>GNOME.
>
>I reboot just to make sure everything has taken affect. Guess what... gdm
>didn't start! What exactly is "desktop" file in sysconfig supposed to do? It
>doesn't seem to work properly anyway... dear dear.
>
>Anyway, I did a bit of reading, and came across various references to
>switching gdm to kdm. Now I don't see any point in doing this, because you
>can start KDE fine from gdm. However, I am guessing this is what that flag
>in sysconfig had in mind...
>
>So all I did was to go into /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions, and have Default point to
>KDE. Simple as that.
>
>To my point(s):
>
>1) What does Redhat intend to be the method of switching the default desktop
>of the system? If it is /etc/sysconfig/desktop, it doesn't work (not without
>switching to kdm first, I guess).
>
>2) This is just one example where I find Linux to be slightly head wreaking
>sometimes (it wasn't really in this case but..). I think Linux is great, but
>it's things like these that will hold it back from the mass market. Changing
>the default desktop should take 1 minute, that's all! Another thing I was
>trying to do was set-up my CD writer. It took a while, i.e. having to
>recompile kernel with proper SCSI-IDE support and disable the default IDE
>controller for the CD drives... etc.. I tried to use X-CD-Roast and that's
>fine... but of course it doesn't handle audio CDs. I've gone back to Win 98
>to make quick copies of CDs, I'll get it running on Linux running another
>day.
>
>3) I guess it all takes time! ;-) Things are getting better. Hopefully
>Redhat and other distribution will spend more time on ensuring defaults
>set-ups are easy to handle. Compared to a couple of years ago it's
>brilliant! Long gone are the days with having to battle with your video
>card, even sound works fine after installation now.
>
>4) I have to try some of the other distros sometime!
>
>5) Linux has one advantage... it's easy to do the hard stuff (and good at it
>too)... I can setup a whole rake of servers in no time... but when it comes
>to home use I'm afraid Windows still seems to win over. Funny that!
>
>Right I'm going to get some food now. Just thought I'd have a slight rant
>(even such as confused one!)
>
>Cya
>
>Tim
>
>
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