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Re: SL6: how to default to KDE?
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Jeff Siddall <[log in to unmask]>
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Jeff Siddall <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:57:49 -0400
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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
>
> and a patch for /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession is attached.
>
>      Alec
>

Thanks for the info.  I will give that a try.

Still, I have to wonder why this doesn't just work out of the box :(

Jeff

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