Gnome~kde confusion

[David Mangani]

Cyber Source wrote:

> i meant KDM on the last one in the file desktop
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> David Mangani wrote:
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>> Cyber Source wrote:
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>>> 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:
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>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> "
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>>>>>> 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
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I think I'm in the right place /etc/sysconfig/desktop.   I see 
"desktop=GNOME" But nothing else. There seems to be no 
"Displaymanager=gdm" or Displaymanager=kdm" Any chance it could be 
nested further in another sub directory?

thx
Dave