[CentOS] CentOS 7 and display managers

m.roth at 5-cent.us
2016-03-11T16:46:20Z

Richard wrote:
>
>
>> Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 11:33:57 -0500
>> From: m.roth at 5-cent.us
>>
>> So, now that I've gotten that out, the KDE display manager, on the
>> login screen, easily lets you choose window managers. Gnome utterly
>> refuses to consider such an idea.
>>
>> I've just yum groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces" on one
of my
>> user's new system... and I cannot figure out, not in googling, and
>> there's nothing vaguely obvious anywhere, how to change to KDE from
>> gnome.
>
> With gnome there is a "gear wheel" on the password entry page --
on
> the right below the password box, next to the "sign in" label. If
I
> select it I can switch between gnome and mate. Does KDE show there as
> an option?

Fascinating. Not in ours. It displays our issue, and in the upper left,
some icons that let you deal with sound, I think, connection, maybe, and I
forget what else.

         mark