On Sun 17 Jun 2012 9:50:58 AM Hans Muecke wrote: > > With one of the more or less recent updates (or something I installed) I > seem to have lost the preselected session in KDM. Means ... I was used > to log in without specifically picking a session, "last session" was > always preselected. > > Now ... if I do nothing I end up with "failed to start Gnome", so I am > forced to pick "last session" before I log in. > > Any ideas? > I am not sure if you mean a stored KDE session or the Desktop Environment So try either of these System Settings > Startup & Shutdown > Session management now choose a preferred option under the 'On Login' section OR Execute this command in the terminal and choose an option andrew@andrewsPavilion:~$ update-alternatives --config x-session-manager There is only one alternative in link group x-session-manager: /usr/bin/startkde Nothing to configure. andrew@andrewsPavilion:~$ -- &RU Chelladurai ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.