On Thu, October 22, 2009 15:34, James B. Byrne wrote: > hdwr HPQ DC7700S ix86 Core Duo > > I have just updated this CentOS-5.3 box to 5.4. This process was > not satisfactory. > ... > I would like to get my previous customised desktops back, but first > I would like to get the default to display. Are there any ideas on > how to proceed? > On a hunch I did a 'yum list gno\* | more' and discovered that gnome-session was not installed. Installing gnome-session, as you may imagine, solved the problem of the missing desktops. Now the question is: how it is that an update can remove the gnome-session package without first installing its replacement, if indeed gnome-session was part of the update at all? Sincerely, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3