Sorry for .xsession, I mean when you are in runlevel 3 and type startx... However, in looking at my home directory, I see I have .xsession symbolically linked to .xinitrc I think you want a ~/.xinitrc that looks like what I described for .xsession I just did some googling - I couldn't remember the name of an app to switch the desktops... Try yum installing switchdesk and switchdesk-gui I believe those will change your desktop for you (the default one)... On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:25:50 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote: > >> In my ~/.xsession I have: >> >> #!/bin/bash >> startkde >> >> >> I think .xsession needs execute permission...can't remember (but thats >> what I have mine set as)... >> >> Additionally, I believe that once you select KDE and login (under >> runlevel 5), it remembers you chose that... >> >> >> > [...] > > It didn't remember. > > I didn't have a ~/.xsession so I created one as you > describe. It didn't work. > > Mike. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware http://flossware.sourceforge.net https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare