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----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Iadonisi" <pri.blu at iadonisi.to> To: <discuss at blu.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:28 PM Subject: Re: Redhat 8 the hard way... adding GNOME afterwards > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 11:43:36AM -0500, Scott Prive wrote: > > I was trying to avoid THAT because I'm a software QA tester (recently > > unemployed; need a job!), and I pride myself on solving and understanding > > problems. :-) > > > > But it looks like the benefit of understanding this one is disproportionate > > to the effort, so I'll do a CD software update and move on... > > If it's not too late... Nope, thx :-) > > I *think* the switchdesk* apps have been deprecated. Now, when you log > in from gdm, select the "Sessions" option on the bottom of the screen. > Select gnome, GNOME is not a listed option; I have: Last, Default, Failsafe, Windowmaker. Default boots twm; Last and Windowmaker are the same, and Failsafe is no window manager at all. >and then, if it's not your default, you will be asked if > you want it to be the default for subsequent logins. > To set it globally for all users, but before they login for the first time > (otherwise, their .Xclients* files will already have been setup by their > first login), change the DESKTOP= line in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to > DESKTOP=GNOME, if it isn't that already. /etc/sysconfig/desktop did not exist, so I tried creating it with DESKTOP=GNOME. Restarted X, still no luck. > > -- > -Paul Iadonisi > Senior System Administrator > Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist > Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. > GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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