I learned from Anne that if I boot to level 5, after I enter the username, can select Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is always Gnome.
How can I make the default KDE?
How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3?
Thanks, Mike.
In my ~/.xsession I have:
#!/bin/bash startkde
I think .xsession needs execute permission...can't remember (but thats what I have mine set as)...
Additionally, I believe that once you select KDE and login (under runlevel 5), it remembers you chose that...
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Michael D. Berger wrote:
I learned from Anne that if I boot to level 5, after I enter the username, can select Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is always Gnome.
How can I make the default KDE?
How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3?
Thanks, Mike.
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:25:50 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
In my ~/.xsession I have:
#!/bin/bash startkde
I think .xsession needs execute permission...can't remember (but thats what I have mine set as)...
Additionally, I believe that once you select KDE and login (under runlevel 5), it remembers you chose that...
[...]
It didn't remember.
I didn't have a ~/.xsession so I created one as you describe. It didn't work.
Mike.
Sorry for .xsession, I mean when you are in runlevel 3 and type startx... However, in looking at my home directory, I see I have .xsession symbolically linked to .xinitrc
I think you want a ~/.xinitrc that looks like what I described for .xsession
I just did some googling - I couldn't remember the name of an app to switch the desktops... Try yum installing switchdesk and switchdesk-gui
I believe those will change your desktop for you (the default one)...
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Michael D. Berger wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:25:50 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
In my ~/.xsession I have:
#!/bin/bash startkde
I think .xsession needs execute permission...can't remember (but thats what I have mine set as)...
Additionally, I believe that once you select KDE and login (under runlevel 5), it remembers you chose that...
[...]
It didn't remember.
I didn't have a ~/.xsession so I created one as you describe. It didn't work.
Mike.
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:02:17 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
Sorry for .xsession, I mean when you are in runlevel 3 and type startx... However, in looking at my home directory, I see I have .xsession symbolically linked to .xinitrc
I think you want a ~/.xinitrc that looks like what I described for .xsession
I just did some googling - I couldn't remember the name of an app to switch the desktops... Try yum installing switchdesk and switchdesk-gui
I believe those will change your desktop for you (the default one)...
[...]
I did: mv .xsession .xinitrc and it worked. Thanks. Mike.
Very welcome... There was some reason I did the link - but can't remember why :) I think at one point .xession was used (again I can't remember)...
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Michael D. Berger wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:02:17 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
Sorry for .xsession, I mean when you are in runlevel 3 and type startx... However, in looking at my home directory, I see I have .xsession symbolically linked to .xinitrc
I think you want a ~/.xinitrc that looks like what I described for .xsession
I just did some googling - I couldn't remember the name of an app to switch the desktops... Try yum installing switchdesk and switchdesk-gui
I believe those will change your desktop for you (the default one)...
[...]
I did: mv .xsession .xinitrc and it worked. Thanks. Mike.
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Scot P. Floess wrote:
Sorry for .xsession, I mean when you are in runlevel 3 and type startx... However, in looking at my home directory, I see I have .xsession symbolically linked to .xinitrc
I think you want a ~/.xinitrc that looks like what I described for .xsession
I just did some googling - I couldn't remember the name of an app to switch the desktops... Try yum installing switchdesk and switchdesk-gui
I believe those will change your desktop for you (the default one)...
Yeah, there *used* to be an app called switchdesk. Not in 6, apparently. I just tried yum install *switchdesk*, and for some reason, it wanted to install man-pages-fr; no switchdesk.
mark
Michael D. Berger wrote:
I learned from Anne that if I boot to level 5, after I enter the username, can select Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is always Gnome.
How can I make the default KDE?
How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3?
Assuming it is the same as fedora, put the lines
DESKTOP="KDE" DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change it for all users.
Jeremy
On 07/09/2011 22:35, Jeremy Sanders wrote:
Michael D. Berger wrote:
I learned from Anne that if I boot to level 5, after I enter the username, can select Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is always Gnome.
How can I make the default KDE?
How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3?
Assuming it is the same as fedora, put the lines
DESKTOP="KDE" DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change it for all users.
You beat me to the punch:
[root@test-centos6-vm ~]# head -25 /etc/X11/prefdm #!/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
# We need to source this so that the login screens get translated [ -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n ] && . /etc/sysconfig/i18n
# Run preferred X display manager quit_arg= preferred= if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then . /etc/sysconfig/desktop if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then preferred=/usr/sbin/gdm quit_arg="--retain-splash" elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/kdm elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = WDM ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/wdm elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/xdm elif [ -n "$DISPLAYMANAGER" ]; then preferred=$DISPLAYMANAGER else quit_arg="--retain-splash"
John.
Jeremy Sanders jeremy@jeremysanders.net wrote:
Assuming it is the same as fedora, put the lines
DESKTOP="KDE" DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change it for all users.
IIRC, setting DESKTOP there only has an effect for new users; after someone has already logged in once then I think their default is set in some other state file in their home directory. I'm afraid I don't remember the details on that, though.
Devin
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Devin Reade gdr@gno.org wrote:
Jeremy Sanders jeremy@jeremysanders.net wrote:
Assuming it is the same as fedora, put the lines
DESKTOP="KDE" DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change it for all users.
IIRC, setting DESKTOP there only has an effect for new users; after someone has already logged in once then I think their default is set in some other state file in their home directory. I'm afraid I don't remember the details on that, though.
The display manager is the same for all users. As for the desktop, AFAIK it is controlled by the ~/.dmrc file, per user. For example, I have the following:
$ cat ~/.dmrc
[Desktop] Session=kde Language=en_US.utf8 Layout=us
If there is no .dmrc file in the user's home directory, the setting from /etc/sysconfig/desktop is used as a default.
HTH, :-) Marko
From: Michael D. Berger m_d_berger_1900@yahoo.com
I learned from Anne that if I boot to level 5, after I enter the username, can select Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is always Gnome. How can I make the default KDE? How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3?
Maybe try: yum info switchdesk
JD
John Doe wrote:
How can I make the default KDE? How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3?
Maybe try: yum info switchdesk
[tim@grover ~]$ yum info switchdesk ... Error: No matching Packages to list
[tim@grover ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
Yeah - that package isn't available at all...
I've done some googling but have no idea what the replacement is for switchdesk (or if there even is one)...
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Timothy Murphy wrote:
John Doe wrote:
How can I make the default KDE? How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3?
Maybe try: yum info switchdesk
[tim@grover ~]$ yum info switchdesk ... Error: No matching Packages to list
[tim@grover ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
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On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 15:05 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
I've done some googling but have no idea what the replacement is for switchdesk (or if there even is one)...
I'm on Centos 5.6 X64 with the 'normal' repos.
Just typed-in:-
yum install switchdesk
and got
..... switchdesk.noarch 0:4.0.8-6
... switchdesk noarch 4.0.8-6 base 15 k
So it is there
Paul.
Always Learning wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 15:05 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
I've done some googling but have no idea what the replacement is for switchdesk (or if there even is one)...
I'm on Centos 5.6 X64 with the 'normal' repos.
Just typed-in:-
yum install switchdesk and got ..... switchdesk.noarch 0:4.0.8-6 ... switchdesk noarch 4.0.8-6 base 15 k
Yes, but as I said yesterday, and the other poster noted, it's *not* there for 6.0.
As a side note, kde makes it relatively painless to change window managers, while gnome makes it as hard as possible (among the many reasons I dislike gnome).
mark
For 5.6 perhaps...but 6.0 no dice ;)
switchdesk is also available in Fedora 15...
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 15:05 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
I've done some googling but have no idea what the replacement is for switchdesk (or if there even is one)...
I'm on Centos 5.6 X64 with the 'normal' repos.
Just typed-in:-
yum install switchdesk
and got
..... switchdesk.noarch 0:4.0.8-6
... switchdesk noarch 4.0.8-6 base 15 k
So it is there
Paul.
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On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 21:03 +0100, Always Learning wrote:
I'm on Centos 5.6 X64 with the 'normal' repos.
Just typed-in:-
yum install switchdesk
and got
..... switchdesk.noarch 0:4.0.8-6
... switchdesk noarch 4.0.8-6 base 15 k
So it is there
It is also available for Red Hat's Fedora 15 released on 2011-05-24:-
switchdesk-4.0.9-8.fc15.2.noarch.htmlA
However another source:
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/rhel6/rhel_6_migration_guide/rhel_6_m...
states about RHEL 6
"Discontinued Package : switchdesk" "Replaced By: The session management performed by both supported session managers: GDM and KDM."
Hope that helps :-)
Regards,
Paul.
Here is my Centos 5.6 VM:
uname -a ; yum search swtichdesk
Linux centos-workstation 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.centos.plus.i686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 26 15:21:38 BST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.us.leaseweb.net * epel: nas1.itc.virginia.edu * extras: mirror.us.leaseweb.net * updates: mirror.raystedman.net Warning: No matches found for: swtichdesk No Matches found
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 15:05 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
I've done some googling but have no idea what the replacement is for switchdesk (or if there even is one)...
I'm on Centos 5.6 X64 with the 'normal' repos.
Just typed-in:-
yum install switchdesk
and got
..... switchdesk.noarch 0:4.0.8-6
... switchdesk noarch 4.0.8-6 base 15 k
So it is there
Paul.
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Ah type-o before any corrects me :)
uname -a ; yum search switchdesk
Linux centos-workstation 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.centos.plus.i686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 26 15:21:38 BST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Repository 'flossware' is missing name in configuration, using id Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.metrocast.net * epel: archive.linux.duke.edu * extras: centos.mirror.netriplex.com * updates: mirror.raystedman.net Warning: No matches found for: switchdesk No Matches found
And yes, it is discontinued as Paul stated - I saw it was in the RHEL release notes as well...
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Scot P. Floess wrote:
Here is my Centos 5.6 VM:
uname -a ; yum search swtichdesk
Linux centos-workstation 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.centos.plus.i686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 26 15:21:38 BST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
- base: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
- epel: nas1.itc.virginia.edu
- extras: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
- updates: mirror.raystedman.net
Warning: No matches found for: swtichdesk No Matches found
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 15:05 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
I've done some googling but have no idea what the replacement is for switchdesk (or if there even is one)...
I'm on Centos 5.6 X64 with the 'normal' repos.
Just typed-in:-
yum install switchdesk
and got
..... switchdesk.noarch 0:4.0.8-6
... switchdesk noarch 4.0.8-6 base 15 k
So it is there
Paul.
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To be honest, I don't need it. I was just commenting to the original poster...
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 16:18 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
And yes, it is discontinued as Paul stated - I saw it was in the RHEL release notes as well...
Can you use the Fedora version ?
Paul.
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On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Always Learning centos@u61.u22.net wrote:
Just the answer to my previous question. What is C6 like compared to 5.6 ?
It is quite different and not to be compared in any way. C5 was based on F6, while C6 is based on F12. Differences are quite extreme in some aspects (for example KDE3 vs KDE4). Even the set of available packages is different (for example switchdesk).
HTH, :-) Marko
On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 09:05 +0200, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
It is quite different and not to be compared in any way. C5 was based on F6, while C6 is based on F12. Differences are quite extreme in some aspects (for example KDE3 vs KDE4). Even the set of available packages is different (for example switchdesk).
Thank you.
Paul.
Paul,
Its pretty nice and actually runs quite well as a Xen guest (my hardware at home doesn't support full virtualization)...
I believe its more on par with Fedora 12 (maybe 13?). KDE is fairly modern (4.2 something I believe). Unfortunately, the KDE version is a version before the "tabbing unrelated windows" feature that was introduced in, I believe, 4.3 (its the group window feature)...
Other than that, the GUI feels modern (I happen to run RHEL 6 as my desktop @ work). Obviously most libraries are fairly recent... If KDE was a little more modern (aka KDE 4.3+) I'd use it as my desktop OS at home...
I have noticed that some of my spec files don't work right under 6 - I don't have an example on hand at the moment...and haven't looked into it closely yet...
On Fri, 9 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 20:08 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
To be honest, I don't need it. I was just commenting to the original poster...
Just the answer to my previous question. What is C6 like compared to 5.6 ?
Paul.
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On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 16:16 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
Here is my Centos 5.6 VM:
uname -a ; yum search swtichdesk
Warning: No matches found for: swtichdesk No Matches found
******************** ERROR ************** Just noticed, after typing the bit below, your American spelling of Switchdesk is not the same as the European one :-) ********************************************
My repos are:
ATrpms.repo CentOS-Base.repo centos-cr.repo CentOS-Debuginfo.repo CentOS-Media.repo CentOS-Vault.repo elrepo.repo epel.repo epel-testing.repo kbsingh-CentOS-Misc.repo rpmforge21.repo
My yum states that switchdesk is in the Base repo (for 5.6) so it is strange your yum can not find it.
Paul.
Sorry, yet another type-o... My VM is CentOS 6.0...uname spells it out ;)
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 16:16 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote:
Here is my Centos 5.6 VM:
uname -a ; yum search swtichdesk
Warning: No matches found for: swtichdesk No Matches found
******************** ERROR ************** Just noticed, after typing the bit below, your American spelling of Switchdesk is not the same as the European one :-)
My repos are:
ATrpms.repo CentOS-Base.repo centos-cr.repo CentOS-Debuginfo.repo CentOS-Media.repo CentOS-Vault.repo elrepo.repo epel.repo epel-testing.repo kbsingh-CentOS-Misc.repo rpmforge21.repo
My yum states that switchdesk is in the Base repo (for 5.6) so it is strange your yum can not find it.
Paul.
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Paul,
This isn't for me :) Someone posted the original question and I was attempting to help ;)
On Fri, 9 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote:
Hi Scott,
Can you use one of the alternatives for Switchdesk ?
Paul.
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Hi all, I just like to confirm whether this is true: on x86_64 arch machines, Centos 6's anaconda/kickstart will install only noarch and x86_64 arches RPMs, and no i686 arch RPMs installed by default. This seems like exactly different from Centos 5 --- Centos 5 anaconda/kickstart install all i[3,5,6]86, noarch, and x86_64. I found the above fact from several Centos 6 kickstart installations, but like to get an 'official' confirmation from experts here, so to avoid the big mess on Centos 5 where I created my own installation repositories to filter out all i*86 and athelon RPMs for a 'pure' x86_64(&noarch) kickstart installation environment. By the way, my Centos 6 installations show that yum with the default configuration will not install i686 packages on x86_64 arch as well. Thanks a lot. --Guolin From: Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net To: centos@centos.org Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2011 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default
John Doe wrote:
How can I make the default KDE? How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3?
Maybe try: yum info switchdesk
[tim@grover ~]$ yum info switchdesk ... Error: No matching Packages to list
[tim@grover ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
From: Robinson Tiemuqinke hahaha_30k@yahoo.com
I just like to confirm whether this is true: on x86_64 arch machines, Centos 6's anaconda/kickstart will install only noarch and x86_64 arches RPMs, and no i686 arch RPMs installed by default. This seems like exactly different from Centos 5 --- Centos 5 anaconda/kickstart install all i[3,5,6]86, noarch, and x86_64. I found the above fact from several Centos 6 kickstart installations, but like to get an 'official' confirmation from experts here, so to avoid the big mess on Centos 5 where I created my own installation repositories to filter out all i*86 and athelon RPMs for a 'pure' x86_64(&noarch) kickstart installation environment. By the way, my Centos 6 installations show that yum with the default configuration will not install i686 packages on x86_64 arch as well.
The migration guide says so: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Mig...
JD
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