How can I set the default desktop to KDE in CentOS 6.4?
I always run KDE, and under CentOS 6.3 I could set the default desktop to KDE by setting /etc/sysconfig/desktop to
DESKTOP="KDE" DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" This does not seem to work under CentOS 6.4. I tried changing DISPLAYMANAGER to KDM but that didn't work. I've tried other variations as well, but I always get gnome. What has changed in 6.4 that's preventing me from getting KDE? |
Note: According to /etc/X11/prefdm, I need to set DISPLAYMANAGER to KDE:
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I guess this was a case of user-error. I forgot that you have to select the session type during the login; it's been a year or so since I last did this. After setting the session type to KDE, I am now successfully running KDE as my default.
Out of curiosity, did you have to edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop manually? I definitely had to do that. Without doing that, I just got the default login screen which does not have the session type. What's in your /etc/sysconfig/desktop file? |
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[root@cent64 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop |
That's odd. For me, if this file doesn't exist, I don't get the kde login where I can set the session type, I just get the normal gnome login.
When you say that you installed "kde desktop", how did you do this. In my case, when I did my CentOS install, during the phase where you can select the type of system you want, I selected "Customize now" and added several additional packages, one of them being KDE. Is this what you did, or did you install KDE after the main OS install, via the gnome package manager? |
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# yum groupinstall "kde desktop" --disablerepo=base |
ok i just did this, and i'm getting kde login screen. looks good. :cool: But i still prefer autologin. ;)
vi /etc/sysconfig/desktop DESKTOP="KDE" DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" |
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