So, I am executing:
ps aux | egrep "kdm|gdm"
Here is what I see:
root 545 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:15 0:00
[kdmflush]
root 581 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:15 0:00
[kdmflush]
root 582 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:15 0:00
[kdmflush]
root 1253 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:16 0:00
[kdmflush]
root 1255 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:16 0:00
[kdmflush]
root 1256 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 08:16 0:00
[kdmflush]
root 2575 0.0 0.0 35564 672 ? Ss 08:16 0:00
/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
root 2592 4.3 1.0 170164 37224 tty7 Ss+ 08:16 21:12
/usr/bin/X -nr -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth /var/run/kdm/A:0-UYCs4E
On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Scot P. Floess wrote:
>
> 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
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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
>>> 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
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