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
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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
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> 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
>>>>
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