On 11/16/2011 1:00 PM, Patrick Boutilier wrote: > 3. Prevent gdm from loading on boot by either: > > > Adding to /modifying /etc/sysconfig/desktop so it contains these two > lines: > > DESKTOP="KDE" > DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" > Thanks, Patrick - it's funny, because I almost always set these, but, I rebuilt this box not that long ago, and I must have never got around to it. Doesn't explain why preupgrade couldn't get the machine started with the original settings - if I was using GDM before, it was working fine... Anyway, it's up and running now... If I could only figure out why DHCPD and IPTABLES failed to start, now - but, that's a topic for a new thread -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org