Ahh. OK, I'll make the change and post the results. :-[
mw
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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
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>
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> 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 [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then
> preferred=/usr/bin/kdm
>
> Which will be used in starting kdm :)
>
>
>
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> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Mike Watson wrote:
>
>> Sorry to be so slow in responding. I've done what you suggested. I created
>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>> and entered "$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
>>
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