I've posted on this topic several times before but unsuccessfully. The problem consisted in: After performing a complete upgrade via either yum or apt my login manager (usually GDM) would appear not to be responding to any settings given either via command line or graphical setup. Any chosen Login Manager would be completely ignored and a blue default screen would appear at every login. Lately I found out that by removing the KDEBASE package completely the GDM would reappear to the customized state it was before updates were installed and all new settings seem to be responding to my selections. The only problem is that if I try and install AMAROK which is my favorite media player KDEBASE would get re-installed and the problem with the login manager would reappear. It seems as if KDM (which is part of the kdebase package) is over riding the GDM configuration and setup. Is there any other workaround to this that would allow me to have a customizable gdm/login screen and at the same time Amarok installed? Thanks Mirco
