On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:02:17 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote: > 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)... > > [...] I did: mv .xsession .xinitrc and it worked. Thanks. Mike.