[CentOS] prefdm still unfinished?

[Rody]

Op vrijdag 16 maart 2007 23:51, schreef Stephen Harris:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 11:21:02PM +0100, Rody wrote:
> > Op vrijdag 16 maart 2007 23:04, schreef Andrew Bogecho:
> > > >> After testing the beta of CentOS 5, i was a little surprised to
> > > >> notice that the display manager part of the prefdm file in /etc/X11
> > > >> was exactly like in CentOS 4 / RHEL4 and previous versions including
> > > >> RH9.
> > > >>
> > > >> 17 	. /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> > > >>
> > > >> Line 17 is no functional command i know of, therefor the choice of
> > > >
> > > > I believe that in bash and sh placing . (dot) followed by a space and
> >
> > If tried (tested) that but if you have DESKTOP="KDE" in
> > /etc/sysconfig/desktop and the original prefdm, than the loginscreen will
> > be gdm and not kdm.
>
> You have to do it exactly correct.  "./xxx" won't work; "/xxx" won't work,
> it has to be exactly " . /xxx"
>
> > I wouldn't be surprised if the feature you mention existed, but it
> > doesn't work like that on the redhat-pc's i've seen...
>
> It's existed on Unix for many decades.
>
> Here's an example from a 4.4 system showing how it works.
>
>   bash-3.00$ cat x
>   VAR=changed
>   bash-3.00$ echo $VAR
>
>   bash-3.00$ VAR=original
>   bash-3.00$ echo $VAR
>   original
>   bash-3.00$ . x
>   bash-3.00$ echo $VAR
>   changed
>   bash-3.00$ cat /etc/redhat-release
>   CentOS release 4.4 (Final)
>   bash-3.00$
>
>
> So basically in the original, /etc/sysconfig/desktop consists of a line
> like DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE
> and the system works as expected.

Thanks for the extra info, it would seem that i was sortof misguided by 
incorrect use of the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file. I once tried 
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDM", but i realize now why that didn't work.
..

Regards,

Rody