[NBLUG/talk] Setting location for X Windows

[Todd Cary]

Mark -

Since I loaded just KDE, SwitchDesk does not appear to be present (I 
cannot remember where it is located under Fedora 2 where I had both).

If a person was installing Fedora 3 and had only one client loaded and 
got a Terminal screen, they might freak out unless they had some 
knowledge of X windows and Linux (probably that is an assumed 
requirement to be using Fedora to start with!).

Todd

Mark Street wrote:

>/etc/sysconfig/desktop
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>see ~/.Xclients and ~/.Xclients-default
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>I don't believe you can choose 'which' desktop during install.  You can set it 
>after if you installed both Gnome and KDE with the switchdesk command.  I 
>think it is a feature, not a bug... ; )
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>switchdesk kde
>switchdesk gnome
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>NAME
>switchdesk - graphical and text mode interface for choosing desktop 
>environment
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>SYNOPSIS
>switchdesk [desktop name]
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>DESCRIPTION
>switchdesk provides a simple method of choosing between the various desktop 
>environments available under Red Hat Linux, including GNOME, KDE, and FVWM2.  
>If X Windows is running, switchdesk  will bring up a dialog box which allows 
>the user to choose between the available desktops installed on the system.
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>This dialog follows the appearance of the user's current desktop as closely as 
>possible. If a desktop name (KDE, GNOME, XFce4, FVWM, WINDOWMAKER) is 
>supplied as an argument, or X is not running, switchdesk can be used from the 
>command line.
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>On Sunday 19 December 2004 12:05, Todd Cary wrote:
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>>I cannot find my notes that contains where the setting is stored for the
>>preferred X window session: KDE or Gnome.  very time I start Fedora 3,
>>it comes up in a terminal window though X Windows is running, so I have
>>to do a shutdown -r 0 and click on Session to get it to come up in KDE.
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>>It appears that this is a minor setup bug in Fedora 3.  I just selected
>>KDE during installation, so shouldn't it have the "smarts" to set the
>>default to KDE?
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