On 07/09/2011 22:35, Jeremy Sanders wrote: > Michael D. Berger wrote: > >> I learned from Anne that if I boot to level >> 5, after I enter the username, can select >> Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is >> always Gnome. >> >> How can I make the default KDE? >> >> How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3? > > Assuming it is the same as fedora, put the lines > > DESKTOP="KDE" > DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" > > in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change it for all users. You beat me to the punch: [root at test-centos6-vm ~]# head -25 /etc/X11/prefdm #!/bin/sh PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin # We need to source this so that the login screens get translated [ -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n ] && . /etc/sysconfig/i18n # Run preferred X display manager quit_arg= preferred= if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then . /etc/sysconfig/desktop if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then preferred=/usr/sbin/gdm quit_arg="--retain-splash" elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/kdm elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = WDM ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/wdm elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then preferred=/usr/bin/xdm elif [ -n "$DISPLAYMANAGER" ]; then preferred=$DISPLAYMANAGER else quit_arg="--retain-splash" John. -- John Beranek To generalise is to be an idiot. http://redux.org.uk/ -- William Blake -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 4320 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110907/beff1d9e/attachment-0005.p7s>