Bug 19704

Summary:	prefdm doesn't select display manager correctly
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <jsusanj>
Component:	xinitrc	Assignee:	Preston Brown <pbrown>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	Aaron Brown <abrown>
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Version:	7.0	CC:	twaugh
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Description Need Real Name 2000-10-24 17:58:36 UTC

When reading the desktop file prefdm uses the = operator, which is assignment, to determine if there is a match between the symbol 
DESKTOP and the known display managers.  However, it should be == which is comparison.  prefdm always selected gnome.

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2000-10-27 14:31:38 UTC

In a [ test like this ] a single = is a comparison. (man test)

What do you have in /etc/sysconfig/desktop?

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2000-10-27 19:01:37 UTC

In /etc/sysconfig/desktop I have DESKTOP = KDE.  I would accept your comment about = vs == except that it did not work before I changed it and it did 
work after I changed it.  Is the definition of = dependent on the shell?  Or, does the xinitrc execute before changing to my shell?  I use tcsh.

Comment 3 Preston Brown 2001-01-31 22:21:07 UTC

No, it specifically uses bash, so tcsh shouldn't matter.

We can't reproduce this...very strange.