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["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Allen Zhu wrote:
> 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
>
>
> 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
>
> Registered Linux User 484485 (http://counter.li.org/)

Allen,

        Will you please *read* back through the post and point out where any
comparison has been made between the merits, or lack thereof, between kde4 or 
kde3?

        I read your response and was left thinking, WTF is this guy talking 
about?

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