Switching from Gnome to KDE on Fedora 9 (Howto)

badsheriff · 07-24-2008, 04:38 AM

Dear Friends,

I recently installed Fedora 9 (GNOME) on my laptop and I downloaded and install KDE Desktop, having installed KDE, I started seeing KDE applications in my menus but the problem is I don't seem to understand how to switch from Gnome to KDE. Could anyone please show me how.

Thanks for any help.

M. Sheriff

XavierP · 07-24-2008, 04:39 AM

On your logon screen, look for a Sessions menu, click it and choose KDE as your desktop.

badsheriff · 07-25-2008, 04:42 AM

Thank you XavierP, but right now my Fedora box isn't here with me, i left it at home am using WinXP in the office. I'll try it when I get home.

PS.
If I do that, would KDE remain as my default desktop?

decrepit · 07-25-2008, 05:28 AM

On my fedora 8 installation the session selector gives the opportunity to set the default desktop

dexterdongle · 07-26-2008, 02:32 AM

If you wish to go the whole way do this:

create /etc/sysconfig/desktop and put in the first line at least...

DESKTOP="KDE" # makes default desktop KDE
DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE # makes default DM - KDM on next restart

badsheriff · 07-28-2008, 06:25 AM

The thing is, each time I type 'startkde &' it switches to KDE but I still see GNOME Panels i.e. top and bottom panels, and it's only for that session whenever I restart the machine it goes back to GNOME.

billymayday · 07-28-2008, 06:31 AM

At the login screen, once you enter the username, you should be able to select kde from the session menu. It doesn't appear before the username iirc

badsheriff · 07-30-2008, 01:15 PM

Thank you billymayday, after typing my password at the logon screen, it doesn't show me anything like "Session", it just logs me on.

XavierP · 07-30-2008, 01:45 PM

On the same screen as where you login - http://linuxscreenshots.org/screenshots/8/115/ - before you put in your password, click the Sessions (the word itself is a shortcut). When clicked, select the desktop you would like to use. Once you have closed the menu, login.

badsheriff · 07-31-2008, 06:22 AM

Thanks XavierP, but my case is quite different from the screen shots you pointed... am using Fedora 9.

billymayday · 07-31-2008, 06:26 AM

Please note that you make the selection after entering the username but before you enter the password. This is what I said originally.

XavierP · 07-31-2008, 12:53 PM

http://gnuman.com/screenshots.html?page=inline&id=526 - does it look like that? If so, it's exactly the same, except the word Sessions is at the bottom of the screen.

badsheriff · 08-04-2008, 02:54 PM

XavierP, you're tha MAN! I really, really am grateful... Thank you (everyone that has contributed to this thread). What more can I say? Thanks a bunch.

Swagata Paul · 08-05-2008, 02:25 AM

use switchdesk command.
More details in: http://linuxadminzone.blogspot.com/2...-in-linux.html