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Hi list, My friend mistakenly installed SuSE Linux 10.1 with Gnome instead of KDE, after that they hardly installed network, which took a long time. Now he wants to switch to KDE, but without re-installing system(not ot lose that network;)). Is it possible? Any help greatly appreciated. -- Sergey Mkrtchyan, Scinetific Researcher, Department of Molecular Physics, Faculty of Physics, Yerevan State University
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Le lundi 14 août 2006 13:35, Sergey Mkrtchyan a écrit :
Hi list,
My friend mistakenly installed SuSE Linux 10.1 with Gnome instead of KDE, after that they hardly installed network, which took a long time. Now he wants to switch to KDE, but without re-installing system(not ot lose that network;)).
Is it possible?
Any help greatly appreciated.
-- Sergey Mkrtchyan, Scinetific Researcher, Department of Molecular Physics, Faculty of Physics, Yerevan State University
go in yast install kde after at the login you will can choose kde or gnome
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On Monday 14 August 2006 19:35, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote:
Hi list,
My friend mistakenly installed SuSE Linux 10.1 with Gnome instead of KDE, after that they hardly installed network, which took a long time. Now he wants to switch to KDE, but without re-installing system(not ot lose that network;)).
Is it possible?
Simply install the KDE packages. If you are starting the machine in runlevel 5 ("directly into graphical mode") then the switch is trivial: you can do it from the login screen. If you start in runlevel 3 ("text console"), then edit your ~/.bashrc file, add this line: export WINDOWMANAGER=/opt/kde3/bin/startkde save it, then do: . ~/.bashrc and run 'startx' -- ----- stephan@s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts
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stephan beal wrote:
Simply install the KDE packages. If you are starting the machine in runlevel 5 ("directly into graphical mode") then the switch is trivial: you can do it from the login screen. If you start in runlevel 3 ("text console"), then edit your ~/.bashrc file, add this line:
export WINDOWMANAGER=/opt/kde3/bin/startkde
save it, then do:
. ~/.bashrc
and run 'startx'
Thanks very much Stephan, Marc, Kevin and all! I didn't knew that it is that simple, thanks again. Best regards, Sergey -- Sergey Mkrtchyan, Scinetific Researcher, Department of Molecular Physics, Faculty of Physics, Yerevan State University
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Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote:
Hi list,
My friend mistakenly installed SuSE Linux 10.1 with Gnome instead of KDE, after that they hardly installed network, which took a long time. Now he wants to switch to KDE, but without re-installing system(not ot lose that network;)).
Is it possible?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Open Yast > Software Mangement. Change the filter to "Selections". Select KDE Desktop Environment and all of KDE Install. After it's installed, you can select whichever desktop at login.
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James Knott
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Marc Collin
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Sergey Mkrtchyan
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stephan beal