-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kurt Wall wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 07:07:38AM -0500, Jim Cornette wrote: >> Rob wrote: >>> Anne Wilson wrote: >>> >>> Can you tell me what is the preferred Fedora-method >>> to switch from gdm to kdm? >>> >>> I'm using FC6. >>> >>> Rob. >>> >> I would remove gdm which if installed would default to kdm. The proper >> way would be to change an entry in some file which specifies which >> manager to use. It was discussed awhile back but I cannot recall where >> this file is located. > > Don't know if this is the "preferred" method, but it has the desired > effect (see /etc/X11/prefdm for the gory details): > > cat "DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop > > Kurt You probably want to change the redirection to >> to avoid wiping out the Desktop specifier (assuming that you don't want to default to Gnome so: cat "DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE" >> /etc/sysconfig/desktop Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFsOfZ5mBKdb7VQEcRAmdzAJoCdgLYl8m4Yofsf85lwaNu1dhnugCfXOmq yMjNnfd4ah5Me/WOIF6wNDA= =hSwX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----