On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:58:29 +0100
Niels Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi list
>
> I'm running Debian testing (etch) on a AMD64x2 box.
>
> I've tried to get used to the K Desktop Environment but didn't
> succeeded :-)
>
> Now I have switched back to Gnome again.
>
> I don't know if this is the proper way to do it, but since I couldn't
> find a way to switch from kdm to gdm I altered this file:
>
> /etc/X11/default-display-manager
>
> And changed kdm to gdm. Then I restarted my PC.
>
> Now when I'm happily back in Gnome I checked
>
> Desktop > Administration > Services
>
> Here I can see kdm is running in the background (I cant turn it off,
> the servicemanager dies) ?
This applet tells you which services are available, not which are
currently running. Try the following command in a terminal instead:
ps ax | grep [gk]dm
>
> And when I type 'top' in my terminal theres a lot of services named
> k.....something running as well ??
You mean things like kthread and khelper? Those are kernel processes,
and have nothing to do with KDE.
>
> Have I missed something here ?
>
> How do I bring this back to a sane state ??
>
> (Nothing suspicious in .xession-errors though !)
Good! I think perhaps your system is in a healthy state already :-)
--
Liam
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