How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

[alikas]

How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

[penguin.ch]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

By editing the content of /etc/X11/default-display-manager to /usr/bin/kdm ... (but please backup the file prior to any experiment, for I am only guessing :P).

Birdy

[alikas]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

Thanks.

[marybu]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

on the login screen you have an icon which looks like a list on the left hand side beside the username and password options...click on it and it will have a few options for you to click on, click on the first one and it will show which form of login you want.

[alikas]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

On Gnome login screen?

[kubicle]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

Two ways to go here,

if you wish to change the login manager from gdm to kdm, follow penguin.ch

Whether you run gdm or kdm, you can choose to launch either gnome or kde (or any other environment you have installed)...can't remember exactly where the option is on gdm, but search the menus and you should find it.

[alikas]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

al@ub:~$ penguin.ch
bash: penguin.ch: command not found

I can log in to Gnome, KDE, IceWM...
But can not change from Gnome login manager to KDE login manager.

[penguin.ch]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

al@ub:~$ penguin.ch
bash: penguin.ch: command not found

Nice try what Kubicle meant was that you may follow my suggestions (as posted earlier in this thread) - not use my screen name as console command ... (where the latter would definitely not have crossed your mind if you knew me :P).

Birdy

[alikas]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

Sorry.
I open '/etc/X11/default-display-manager' file comment line '/usr/sbin/gdm' and add line '/usr/bin/kdm'.
But then not any login manager. Then need log in in console.

[sky]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

Hi,

Is kdm installed ?
Maybe check if kdm is installed :
dpkg-query -l | grep kdm
You should see a line with kdm, if not install it :
sudo apt-get install kdm

If it's installed, maybe I would try to remove the line with gdm and let only the line with kdm.

Hope it helps.

[penguin.ch]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

Sorry.

For what? Mistakes are only human, after all ...

I open '/etc/X11/default-display-manager' file comment line '/usr/sbin/gdm' and add line '/usr/bin/kdm'.

Not "addition" but "replacement" should do the trick: - as you can see from my version of the file in question (reproduced in full, just to put that straight):

# /etc/X11/default-display-manager
/usr/bin/kdm

HTH
Birdy

[alikas]

Re: How change login manager from Gnome to KDE?

Thanks.