hi. thanks michael for the advice. nut i did change the login using kdm. but the script is like this. .../kdm -nodaemon. is this the correct script? anyways, i did have the option to select the session type and the default is kde. but after logging in, it's still loading fvwm2. do i need to edit some other files. please help again. thank you in advance. =) jl - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>