I'm at a loss tbh... That's definitely what I do for sure... Curious - did you reboot? On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Mike Watson wrote: > It take it back. It worked once. It's now reverted to GDM although > /etc/sysconfig/desktop still reads DISPLAYMANAGER=KDM. However, "ps aux > | egrep 'kdm|gdm'" shows: > > bash-4.1$ ps aux | egrep 'kdm|gdm' > root 3408 0.0 0.0 121484 2192 ? Ss 14:19 0:00 > /usr/sbi/gdm-binary -nodaemon > root 3533 0.0 0.0 152284 3376 ? S 14:19 0:00 > /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id > /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1 > root 3535 14.9 1.3 176720 81056 tty7 Ss+ 14:19 1:43 > /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -br -verbose -audit 4 -auth > /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-jLtDOj/database -nolisten tcp > gdm 3622 0.0 0.0 20032 668 ? S 14:19 0:00 > /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session > root 3807 0.0 0.0 177028 3172 ? S 14:19 0:00 pam: > gdm-password > > mw > > -- > > "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee." > -- William Kershner > http://crucis-court.com > http://www.crucis.net/1632search > > > On 12/07/2012 11:00 AM, Mike Watson wrote: >> Thank you. That worked. >> >> mw >> >> -- >> >> "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee." >> -- William Kershner >> http://crucis-court.com >> http://www.crucis.net/1632search >> >> >> On 12/06/2012 02:52 PM, Mike Watson wrote: >>> Ahh. OK, I'll make the change and post the results. :-[ >>> >>> mw >>> >>> -- >>> >>> "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee." >>> -- William Kershner >>> http://crucis-court.com >>> http://www.crucis.net/1632search >>> >>> >>> On 12/06/2012 01:04 PM, Scot P. Floess wrote: >>>> Sorry, I may have not been clear... >>>> >>>> You want this in /etc/sysconfig/desktop >>>> >>>> >>>> DISPLAYMANAGER=KDM >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Note no preceeding dollar sign :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To better understand, take a peak at /etc/X11/prefdm >>>> >>>> In it, its doing this: >>>> >>>> . /etc/sysconfig/desktop >>>> >>>> You'll see it doing some checks like: >>>> >>>> elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then >>>> preferred=/usr/bin/kdm >>>> >>>> Which will be used in starting kdm :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Mike Watson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry to be so slow in responding. I've done what you suggested. I created >>>>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop >>>>> and entered "$DISPLAYMANAGER=KDM". I rebooted but there was no change. GDM is still being used. >>>>> >>>>> Any other suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> mw >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ======================== >>>>> Just create the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop and put in it: >>>>> >>>>> DESKTOP=KDM >>>>> >>>>> I believe it's DESKTOP - you can dbl check /etc/X11/prefdm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my phoneMike Watson <mikew at crucis.net <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote:The last reply to this subject said to modify /etc/sysconfig/desktop to >>>>> change GDM to KDM. This would then enable the KDE login screen instead >>>>> of the default Gnome. >>>>> >>>>> However, when I checked my CentOS 6.3 system, there was no such file, no >>>>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop. I've not been able to find any method to enable >>>>> KDE login in 6.3. The method mentioned in the earlier reply was for >>>>> CentOS 5, not 6. >>>>> >>>>> Any further suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> mw >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee." >>>>> -- William Kershner >>>>> http://crucis-court.com >>>>> http://www.crucis.net/1632search >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > 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