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Re: SL6: how to default to KDE? [SOLVED]
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Jeff Siddall <[log in to unmask]>
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Jeff Siddall <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:35:48 -0500
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On 09/06/2011 03:19 PM, Alec T. Habig wrote:
> Jeff Siddall writes:
>> So why does GDM still default to Gnome?  Grrr...  So I am fed up
>> with GDM.  Any ideas how I ditch GDM and switch to KDM?
>
> Here's how I did it, 3 steps:
>
>    yum install -y xorg-x11-xinit-session
>
> Create a file /etc/sysconfig/desktop containing the line
>
>    DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE

Aha!  I discovered the problem.  I had specified DISPLAYMANAGER="KDM". 
Even though the display manager _is_ KDM, the correct sysconfig setting 
is DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"

That seems to have resolved it.

Jeff

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