[ale] Changing DM in Redhat 7.2 - aaargh!!
Charles Marcus
CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com
Fri Feb 1 08:16:53 EST 2002
> From: John Wells [mailto:jbwellsiv at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:04 AM
> To: Charles Marcus; Ale (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [ale] Changing DM in Redhat 7.2 - aaargh!!
>
> 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
Still no joy...
Now, after I have been making these changes, I log out, then hit ctrl-alt-backspace to restart X - thats all I have to do to exec the changes, right?
The more I think about it, the more I think Ximian has changed something.
Its not a huge deal - any other ideas before I hose this setup when I install Gentoo this weekend? The only reservations I have about Gentoo is, it appears to be geared towards a more knowledgeable user - but hey, maybe it'll just make me spend sleepless nights learning this stuff so I can start answering more questions than I ask. :)
I'll probably try reinstalling Redhat first though, and make sure switchdesk works *before* I install Ximian, then test it again afterwards. I like to know *why* something isn't working properly.
Thanks again for your help.
Charles
> --- 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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