Gnome~kde confusion

[David Mangani]

Cyber Source wrote:

> that's the first thing i check, lol. I hate that spatial mode, as they 
> call it. Reminds me of the default way win95 and nt were. You mean you 
> don't prefer to have 10 windows open if you have to get into 10 levels 
> of file location?? What were they thinking on that one? I've read a 
> few articles that try to explain that the spatial mode is suppose to 
> be more straight forward in that you will always see where you are 
> exactly when you click on something, instead of learning the directory 
> tree and using navigational buttons. Makes no sense to me. Anyway, one 
> quick way out of it is to right click on the desktop icon and select 
> browse, that brings up the browing nautilus window too. Also, are you 
> using KDM for your login screen?
>
> David Mangani wrote:
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>> David Mangani wrote:
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>>> Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>> on fc2 they made changes to the way that nautilus works (browser 
>>>> mode turned off), use the gconf editor and see if nautilus itself 
>>>> is turned off too. I dont have a running fc2 box in front of me 
>>>> right now so I can't be more specific but if you use the gconf 
>>>> editor, I will bet you'll find the culprit. That is definitely not 
>>>> the default behaviour.
>>>>
>>>> David Mangani wrote:
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>>>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> what happens if you type nautilus at a command prompt?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David Mangani wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Been using kde for the most part on my FC2 box. I recently 
>>>>>>> have been giving others alook, xfce, enlightenment and of course 
>>>>>>> gnome. Here's where I am confused. On my gnome desktop, I click 
>>>>>>> on the "home" icon and it opens nicely, but in konqueror. Anyone 
>>>>>>> ever seen this or know how to correct it. I believe nautalus 
>>>>>>> should open it. Was actually looking for nautalus to play with 
>>>>>>> the direct cd burning option. Anyway, thanks for any input you 
>>>>>>> may have.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
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>>>>> Then I do get nautilus.  I just don't understand why the default 
>>>>> file manager in gnome would be konqueror. Just doesn't seem right.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>> Thanks for the tip, I will take a look and see. I tried right 
>>> clicking on the icon and selecting "open with" and typing nautilus. 
>>> The error message I get is
>>>
>>> "
>>>
>>>> nautilus" can't open "Home" because "nautilus" can't access files 
>>>> at "file" locations.
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>>> Kind of strange. I will check out your tip though. Thank you for the 
>>> direction.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
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>> Using the editor I was able to see the "browser mode" you refered to. 
>> I actually prefer this method " the old way " over the new "spacial 
>> view" mode. But I did not see a clear marking for "browser off" or 
>> such. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see it. Oh well, at least now 
>> when I click on "start here" I get the old browser mode! Thats a good 
>> thing.
>>
>> Dave
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It seems I am using gdm ( the default ). Now that you mention it I don't 
see the option to change to kdm. I have tried other disto's and it is 
usually right there. Debian comes to mind. There is a whole branch off 
the main menu for boot options etc. Anyway, where is the option to 
change to kdm in Fedora. ( Core 2 ).  I've been deep diving into some of 
the config screens and actually found another location to change the 
default browser config for nautilus. Main menu -> preferences -> control 
center -> more preferences -> nautilus. Click here and you can select 
"always use browser mode"

Dave