Re: Migrating from SuSE to Fedora

From: Tim Wunder (twunder_at_REMOVEcomcast.net)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:25:51 -0500

Al Bogner wrote:

> tim wunder wrote:
>
>>> cat /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.xfce
>>> #! /bin/bash
>>> # (c) 2000-2004 Red Hat, Inc.
>>> WM="startxfce4"
>>> WMPATH="/usr/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/local/bin"
>>> for p in $WMPATH ; do
>>> [ -x $p/$WM ] && exec $p/$WM
>>> done
>>> exit 1
>>>
>>> Maybe the syntax is "switchdesk xfce4"?
>>>
>>>
>>>>You'd also need to make sure there is a 'startxfce4' script in
>>>>'/usr/bin', '/usr/X11R6/bin', or '/usr/local/bin'
>>>
>>>
>>> I have:
>>> /usr/bin/startxfce4
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm...
>> I assume executing 'startxfce4' from runlevel 3 starts XCFE.
>> What's in your ~/.Xclients-default file?
>
> I think I found it. It looks like switchdesk depends on the user,
> who executes the command. I have no .Xclients-default as user, but
> as root, since I executed switchdesk as root. At the moment there
> runs a download, I will test it later.
>
> Al

That's probly it. If you wanna make a global change to the default desktop,
edit the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file.
Mine's as follows:
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop
DESKTOP="KDE"
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"

The DISPLAYMANAGER just indicates whether gdm, xdm, or kdm is used. As you
can see, I prefer KDE. To each his own...

Regards,
Tim 

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