Another option would be to attempt to get GNOME working *before* deleting KDE.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 6:08 PM Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > > Many thanks for the rebound, Brian. > > Really didn't notice which of the ?dm programs was there before I > started but I definitely see gdm there after the Gnome install. > > And before anybody gets too concerned, I'm working on a copy of a > copy... I may delete this copy and gen it again to retrace my steps > more carefully. That yum erase kde-runtime went as apparently cleanly > as it did is a good start. I need to spend more time on the system post > erase, pre groupinstall to take better stock of what is there. > > Howard > > On 7/1/20 5:06 PM, Brian H. Ward wrote: > > Did removing KDE get rid of sddm but now gdm/gdm3 is not there to take > > its place? Been a while since I've messed w/ RHEL/CentOS, but some > > distros keep the xdm (login manager) out of the desktop metapackages so > > they don't collide (if you want a machine capable or running either KDE > > or GNOME). > > > > Just my $0.02 (aka "guess") > > > > --- bhw > > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 5:37 PM Jack Coats <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Condolences from the retired cheap seats... If you must rebuild it > > sounds like multiple virtual machines or at least some kind of > > containers. But I have been out of the fray so long, don't take > > anything I say at face value, ... > > > > Take care ol friends. > > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 4:11 PM Howard White <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > Dealing with servers (virtual guests) upon which KDE was installed as > > > the GUI. I'm going through an exercise to try to remove KDE and > > replace > > > it, reluctantly, with GNOME. > > > > > > yum erase kde-runtime seems to have done that deed nicely. > > > > > > First attempt yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" got all manner of > > > conflicts between libvirt-libs and the existing (old) libvirt-client > > > > > > yum upgrade libvirt_client > > > > > > yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" got passed that > > > > > > Did I mention that I'm working remotely, trying to balance between > > > PuTTY, RDP and vshpere (oh yeah, it's ESXi 5.1)? > > > > > > I did get to the boot screen on the guest console to accept the > > license > > > and finish the configuration. I am able to connect to "some part of" > > > gnome via RDP but I don't have an "Activity" or "Applications" > > widget in > > > the top left corner. Gnome Classic?? No obvious way to log out > > of that > > > session. > > > > > > Now on reboot, the console goes through the boot sequence, > > displays the > > > CentOS 7 GUI login splash but not the actual login process. Am > > not able > > > to get to (what I know as session manager) select which Gnome or ???? > > > > > > I am able to ssh into the system no problems. I am also able to > > connect > > > via RDP but it's not useable. > > > > > > WhaddidIdo this time? > > > > > > Howard > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups "NLUG" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups "NLUG" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]>. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/35eeb634-dc53-ef20-1adf-e6e2783160ec%40vcch.com. > > > > > > > > -- > > ><> ... 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