How to switch from gnome to kde?

[alan c]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Thursday 01 January 2009, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>On Thursday 01 January 2009, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>>>On Thursday 01 January 2009, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>> There is not, and its logging into a tty screen that I have to do a
>>>> startx from to get the usual gui.
>>>
>>>I think all you really have to do is to install:
>>>
>>>kubuntu-desktop
>>>
>>>and everything will be pulled in.
>>
>>That must be the one I missed.  According to synaptic, this will be about
>> the 20th time amarok will be installed.  And I don't recall if that was
>> 3.5.10 stuffs, or 4.1.2-3 stuffs.  We'll see in a bit as I don't think it
>> had to download anything.
>>
>>Thanks!
> 
> That helped a bit, after a reboot I can now see some kde stuff in the gnome 
> menu, but I still don't have a graphical login.
> kmail was in the menu, but won't run.

Since I believe you now have the original Ubuntu (gnome) and the 
recent additional package kubuntu-desktop installed, then at the login 
screen you should see the expected small menu item 'Options' I think 
at the lower left of the display.

Before you complete the login process, examine the
Options>session.

You should see an option for either the gnome session (previous?) and 
the kde session. Choose the kde session and then complete the login 
process.

This should take you into a full Kubuntu desktop, with many of the 
gnome related items also available.
-- 
alan cocks
Ubuntu user #10391
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