Re: [expert] GDM doesn't remember default/last desktop
Well, shucks. :) - Kathy On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 22:35, J. Craig Woods wrote: > Kathy you are the woman! And another satisfied customer returns to his > keyboard. > > drjung Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] GDM doesn't remember default/last desktop
Dave Sherman wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 09:07, K Montgomery wrote: > >(Just read my posts for clarity > > on that. Try at your own risk. :D) > > > > - Kathy > > I went to the archives and followed what you did, Kathy. GDM defaults to > Gnome now :-) Thanks! > > -- > Dave Sherman Kathy you are the woman! And another satisfied customer returns to his keyboard. drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.html Character is built upon the debris of despair --Emerson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] GDM doesn't remember default/last desktop
On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 09:07, K Montgomery wrote: > There was a thread on this very problem a while back. Go to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and search for the > subject "cannot set gnome as default session". In one of my posts, I > described what I thought to be the problem, but I don't remember whether > my suspicions were confirmed or denied. I do believe it's a software > flaw. > > I have 8.2, and I don't remember if the problem still exists (I've been > using KDE for a while). But I'll tell you what I did to "hack" a > solution: since fndSession calls "chksession", I changed two lines in > chksession that deleted and recreated the "Default" link. I changed > "Default" to "default" and gdm took it. (Just read my posts for clarity > on that. Try at your own risk. :D) > > - Kathy I went to the archives and followed what you did, Kathy. GDM defaults to Gnome now :-) Thanks! -- Dave Sherman Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, MCSE, MCSA, CCNA for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. "lynx -source http://sildara.dyndns.org/davepub.asc | gpg --import" signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] GDM doesn't remember default/last desktop
There was a thread on this very problem a while back. Go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and search for the subject "cannot set gnome as default session". In one of my posts, I described what I thought to be the problem, but I don't remember whether my suspicions were confirmed or denied. I do believe it's a software flaw. I have 8.2, and I don't remember if the problem still exists (I've been using KDE for a while). But I'll tell you what I did to "hack" a solution: since fndSession calls "chksession", I changed two lines in chksession that deleted and recreated the "Default" link. I changed "Default" to "default" and gdm took it. (Just read my posts for clarity on that. Try at your own risk. :D) - Kathy On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 15:11, Dave Sherman wrote: > Yes, I had already made that change in order to be able to use gdm in > the first place. > > I should also point out that kdm works perfectly, remembering my last > session, even though the default is still kde. As long as I log into > Gnome, then I will get Gnome the next time -- even after a reboot. > > Also, for what it's worth, I ran into this problem a number of months > ago when I did not have Ximian yet. I figured since I was running Gnome > I might as well use gdm for my login manager. But after a week of > screwing around with it, I gave up and went back to kdm because I knew > that kdm *worked*. > > My only conclusion can be that Mandrake's version of gdm is flawed, and > installing Ximian did not overcome the problem. Perhaps it is one of the > startup scripts, overwriting any changes that are made to > /etc/gdm/gdm.conf or some other file? > > Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] GDM doesn't remember default/last desktop
Yes, I had already made that change in order to be able to use gdm in the first place. I should also point out that kdm works perfectly, remembering my last session, even though the default is still kde. As long as I log into Gnome, then I will get Gnome the next time -- even after a reboot. Also, for what it's worth, I ran into this problem a number of months ago when I did not have Ximian yet. I figured since I was running Gnome I might as well use gdm for my login manager. But after a week of screwing around with it, I gave up and went back to kdm because I knew that kdm *worked*. My only conclusion can be that Mandrake's version of gdm is flawed, and installing Ximian did not overcome the problem. Perhaps it is one of the startup scripts, overwriting any changes that are made to /etc/gdm/gdm.conf or some other file? Dave On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 12:58, James wrote: > Don't know it this will help but in /etc/syconconfig there is a file > called desktop. Make sure that is set to GNOME not KDE. > > James > > > On 22 Jun 2002 22:45:45 -0500 > Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > > > Here's the situation: > > I am running Mandrake 8.1, mostly kept up to date through the > > MandrakeUpdate program. I was using kdm for my login manager, but > > Gnome for my desktop. The default was KDE, but I always let it use my > > "last" session, which was Gnome every time. I recently installed > > Ximian desktop, and replaced kdm with gdm for my login manager. I have > > two problems with gdm: > > 1. It refuses to remember my last session after rebooting > > (this is a laptop, so I reboot at least twice a day, when > > travelling from home to the office and back). Therefore if I > > forget to select Gnome the first time I login, I end up in KDE > > and must logout and then login again, selecting Gnome in the > > process. 2. It will not remember the default desktop if I > > change it to Gnome. After a reboot, it is always reset to > > default to KDE, which leaves me back at problem #1. -- Dave Sherman Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, MCSE, MCSA, CCNA for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. "lynx -source http://sildara.dyndns.org/davepub.asc | gpg --import" signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] GDM doesn't remember default/last desktop
Don't know it this will help but in /etc/syconconfig there is a file called desktop. Make sure that is set to GNOME not KDE. James On 22 Jun 2002 22:45:45 -0500 Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > Here's the situation: > I am running Mandrake 8.1, mostly kept up to date through the > MandrakeUpdate program. I was using kdm for my login manager, but > Gnome for my desktop. The default was KDE, but I always let it use my > "last" session, which was Gnome every time. I recently installed > Ximian desktop, and replaced kdm with gdm for my login manager. I have > two problems with gdm: > 1. It refuses to remember my last session after rebooting > (this is a laptop, so I reboot at least twice a day, when > travelling from home to the office and back). Therefore if I > forget to select Gnome the first time I login, I end up in KDE > and must logout and then login again, selecting Gnome in the > process. 2. It will not remember the default desktop if I > change it to Gnome. After a reboot, it is always reset to > default to KDE, which leaves me back at problem #1. > > Is this a known issue? I have run gdmconf a number of times, and it > seems to accept my change to default the desktop to Gnome, but after > rebooting it is always back to KDE again. > > -- > Dave Sherman Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > MCSE, MCSA, CCNA for you are crunchy, > and good with ketchup. > "lynx -source http://sildara.dyndns.org/davepub.asc | gpg --import" > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
