It didn't exist in my system either, but I found that just "GNOME" didn't 
work - it had to be "DESKTOP=GNOME"

David

On Monday 24 September 2001 9:44 pm, you wrote:
> On Monday 24 September 2001 03:35 pm, Dave Naylor wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On Monday 24 September 2001 21:24, you wrote:
> > > > Its annoying me that I cant figure this out, but how does one change
> > > > from the default KDM Login Manager to say GDM?
> > >
> > > 1. Make sure that gdm is installed (it probably is).
> > > 2. Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and change KDE to GNOME
> >
> > Hey I'd actually figured things out up to there by examing every script
> > I could find.  Thing is though, there isnt a /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> > file?
> >
> > Whats the format?
>
> Interesting that you don't have such a file. In my desktop file, there is
> just a single word: KDE (GNOME also works to start gdm on my system, I
> have tried it, but decided I prefer kdm even though I run Ximian Gnome for
> my desktop).
>
> Dave
> --
> "Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit." (No
> fortification is such that it cannot be subdued with money.)
> - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C.

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