Bug 19704 - prefdm doesn't select display manager correctly
Summary: prefdm doesn't select display manager correctly
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: xinitrc
Version: 7.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Preston Brown
QA Contact: Aaron Brown
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-10-24 17:58 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-10-27 19:01:40 UTC
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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.
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