I'm trying to use kdm instead of gdm.
I've created /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and added these lines:
#!/bin/bash
DESKTOP="KDE"
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
And restarted. But still, gdm is set as default display manager. This is the file permissions :
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 47 Jun 20 22:15 /etc/sysconfig/desktop
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Disable gdm and enable kdm:
$ sudo systemctl disable gdm
$ sudo systemctl enable kdm
When restarting, you should be able to log in using kdm.
HTH,
Germán.
Very nice, did the exact job that randomuser told me to do. Thanks.
/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service is a symlink.
GDM and KDM come with service files. Point the above symlink at the service file included with your desired display manager.
Amazing now i understand how this works. But does that means that the /etc/sysconfig/desktop method is discarded ?
See system-switch-displaymanager, a program that manipulates the /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service symlink.
I used to do this before Systemd, but don't remember to have a shebang in the file. Nevertheless, as I said in my answer, all you need is to use systemctl from now on.
Asked: 2013-06-20 15:42:02 -0600
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@skytux But is doing this using
/etc/sysconfig/desktopis discarded now or what ? I really want to understand the reason why this didn't work.You are right. Switching display managers is no longer done by editing the file
/etc/sysconfig/desktop. (http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop.html)@skytux Very helpful. Thanks a lot.
@Rafael Adel You are very welcome! :)