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04-21-2004, 12:12 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2004
Distribution: SuSE 9.0Pro-9.1-9.2, Knoppix 3.4-3.6-STD, Red Hat Linux 7.0, Solaris 9
Posts: 13
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KDM to GDM...how to switch?
Ok, I have both kdm and gdm installed but when it loads the login it's kdm by default. How can I switch to gdm? I would like to know becuz I'm more of a Gnome person than a KDE person. Just fyi I am running on SuSE 9.0 Professional.
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04-21-2004, 12:24 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: pikes peak
Distribution: Slackware, LFS
Posts: 2,577
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in a term window or command line type............
xwmconfig
you'll get a menu to choose from...........
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05-17-2004, 08:08 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 1
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i have had the same problem....bash replies command not found!?
am i doing something wrong?
running suse 9.0 prof
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05-17-2004, 09:35 PM
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Gentoo Developer
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Fort Lauderdale FL.
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 3,291
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Same here,I googled it and said to go to /ect/sysconfig/desktop but I have nothing close to that,I use Debian,didn't try it as root,may be hidden?
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05-17-2004, 10:02 PM
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Gentoo Developer
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Fort Lauderdale FL.
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 3,291
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/etc/X11/default-display-manage O.K. that is where mine is.
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05-17-2004, 10:37 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: S.W. Ohio
Distribution: Ubuntu, OS X
Posts: 760
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Well I have RH 9 and at the login screen at the bottom their is "session" click on that and a popup with youre options shows up. I can switch between my different desktops and choose the default.
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05-17-2004, 11:12 PM
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Gentoo Developer
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Fort Lauderdale FL.
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 3,291
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That is not what I am talking about.You can switch between login screens?
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