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[Allen Zhu <allen.jaloola@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/11/09, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mark Hounschell wrote:
> > I've done a clean install of 11.1.  I selected kde 3.5 instead of kde 4.x. 
> > At
> > the logon I have gdm not kdm.
> > I login and I have a gnome Desktop, not a kde desktop? I changed the display
> > manager in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
> > from gdm to kdm the ran SuSEconfig. Then I rebooted. I got kdm but still 
> > have a
> > gnome desktop.
> >
> > What is the trick to doing a clean install and having kde 3.5 as my desktop 
> > with
> > NO gnome?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mark
>
> Answer: UNKNOWN
>
>        I installed 11.1 carefully selecting kde 3.5 and logged on for the 
> first time
> and I was starring at the kde4 desktop. Others have reported similar to your
> experience.
>
>        After my experience, I can't remember if I just selected kde3 from the 
> kdm menu
> or changed the startx script from /usr/bin/startkde to /opt/kde3/bin/startkde
>
>        I think you can simple use yast to remove gdm and install kdm if it 
> isn't
> installed already. Then, someone else will have to chime in on where the 
> setting
> is in /etc/sysconfig or /etc/X11
>
>
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Strange bug huh?

Anyways, will people stop getting fired up over which KDE Version is
better? Both have their pos and cons; this thread is to help Mark, not
to argue over which version...

If you want, I can start a thread like that and you can see the
results - 30+ emails per day...

Allen

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