Re: getting a KDE desktop after install, not Gnome

[jmr_071769 <jmr_071769@comcast.net>]

Pollywog wrote:
> I installed Debian Sarge using a Netinstall ISO and I had one problem when it 
> was all done.  It is difficult to do a manual package selection, so I just 
> had the installer install the system, I chose "Desktop" from the list 
> presented by the installer.  When the session manager appeared, it was gdm, 
> so I went to a console and first stopped gdm and then removed (purged) the 
> gdm package, then installed kdm.  I logged in but much to my surprise, I did 
> not get KDE but got a Gnome desktop.  I removed Nautilus but continued 
> getting a Nautilus desktop.  In order to get a KDE desktop, I had to remove a 
> slew of Gnome packages, not just the "Nautilus" packages.
>
> What is the correct way of dealing with this?  Is the only way to do this a 
> manual install (selecting all packages to be installed)?
>
> thanks

CTRL+ALT+F1

login as root and then:

# update-alternatives --config x-session-manager # set it to kdm
# update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator # set it to konsole
# update-alternatives --config x-www-browser # set it to konqueror/etc
# /etc/init.d/kdm restart

CTRL+ALT+F!

and logout as root.

good luck.

:-)

-jeff