Fedora logoff/shutdown times and other issues

[Cyber Source]

We install Fedora alot over here. I would have a look in your log files 
first off but with the delay for shutdown, being a new system install, 
it may be busy running updatedb.
As far as asking whether to change your default logon, If you choose to 
login to KDE from GDM, you should get a prompt telling you that if you 
wish to make it your default session, to run the switchdesk utility  in 
the menu, System->Desktop Switching Tool.
Of course, if you changed your display manager to KDM, you will probably 
see something different, if at all, like your saying.

Richard Hubbard wrote:

> Being a cautious person, I recently installed Fedora Core 1 on a test 
> machine.
>
> For someone already comfortable with Red Hat, I felt right at home.  
> However I have two issues that I wonder if someone has already seen 
> and addressed.
>
> First, From a graphical login, when I try to shutdown or logoff, it 
> seems to be an amazingly long time before anything happens.  Does 
> anyone else have this issue?  Is it solvable?
>
> Second, (No flames please) I really prefer KDE, if for no other reason 
> that I am used to it.  However, the graphical login allows me to 
> select KDE, but never seems to offer to make it a default.  Which 
> means that if I am in a hurry, I get gnome.  I understand that there 
> is a text file I can edit (.xinit or some such) but I would rather 
> not.  Is there a straightforward way to make it KDE all the time?
>
> Thanks...