It is all very helpful to know where what needs to be configured, I discovered this settings as well after having experience the same problem as Mike. But it does not make the desktop switching tool work as expected.. Switching back from KDE to Gnome does not work. I also had to change the setting manually to get my Gnome desktop back... Marc > > > >The system defaults are set in /etc/sysconfig/desktop: > > > >[root@radar0 Docs]# cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop > >DESKTOP=KDE > >DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE > > > >Phil > > > > > For Gnome just one line: cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop > DESKTOP="GNOME" > > Chris > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > "Spend less! Do more! Go Open Source..." -- Dirigo.net > Chris Johnson, RHCE #807000448202021 > >