On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> wrote: > On 02/09/2015 07:58 AM, Olivier Delhomme wrote: >> >> I looked at the processes running and found that gdm is running spawning a >> session with parameter "--gnome-initial-setup" (removing all files beginning >> with gnome-initial-setup in /etc/xdg/autostart/ does not work !). > > > rpm -e gnome-initial-setup > > Or "-gnome-initial-setup" in your kickstart package list, so that it's not > installed in the first place. rpm -qa | sort > pkg.list grep -i gnome pkg.list | while read name; do yum remove $name done Gives you a chance to pick and choose what to delete. Gnome has become *extremely* bloated, and most environments would benefit from clearing out much of the excess debris with a double-check to make sure you don't rip out something you actually want.