paulopen Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 (edited) I was using Mandriva 2007.0 with KDE. Then, I changed from KDM to GDM and I am not able anymore to go into graphical mode. I read an article with an explanation of how to change back to KDM in text mode, but it says that I have to make the environment variable DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" in the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop, but I can't find that file under my /etc/sysconfig/. Any hints? Thanks Paulo Edited September 16, 2007 by paulopen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashdamage Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 You could just try creating the file 'desktop' in /etc/sysconfig with the line: "DISPLAYMANAGER=KDM" in it (w/o the quotes). Do it as root, and be sure the file has the correct permissions. Mine is 100664 and that should be fine. You then should be able to logout and have the KDM login - a reboot shouldn't be necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoonma Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Hi Paulo, normally you'd do that using MCC (Mandriva Control Center) / System Startup / Display Manager. After that also check your $HOME directory, it may contain the files .desktop and .dmrc, they should reflect your changes after restarting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoonma Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 [..]You then should be able to logout and have the KDM login - a reboot shouldn't be necessary. Hm, I'd at least do a "service dm restart" as root after applying the change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashdamage Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 (Crash whacks himself upside the head...) Uuuugghhh...I was thinkin' LOGIN manager, not DISPLAY manager. Looks like proof positive I cooked too many brain cells in '69. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulopen Posted September 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 You could just try creating the file 'desktop' in /etc/sysconfig with the line: "DISPLAYMANAGER=KDM" in it (w/o the quotes). Do it as root, and be sure the file has the correct permissions. Mine is 100664 and that should be fine. You then should be able to logout and have the KDM login - a reboot shouldn't be necessary. Crashdamage, Thank you very much. It worked! Cheers, Paulo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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