Gnome~kde confusion

[David Mangani]

David Mangani wrote:

> Cyber Source wrote:
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>> 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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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
>>>
>>>
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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
>
>
I got it. I had to add "DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE" to the desktop file. Now I 
get the kdm login screen.

Dave