Thanks - I appreciate it. However, I have logged out and back in many times with no change in behavior. I have rebooted several times as well, all to no effect. I must have hosed something, but I still don't know what! Any and all suggestions are welcome! Thanks again, Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Cleary UNIX Qualification and Commands Data General, a Division of EMC2 62 T.W. Alexander Dr. Research Triangle Park, NC mdcleary@dg-rtp.dg.com (919) 248-6033 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Darrin Ward [mailto:dward@www.basair.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 3:29 AM To: Cleary, Mike Subject: Re: [SLE] Graphical login - windowmanagers Hello Mike, Wednesday, October 04, 2000, 7:00:28 AM, you wrote: CM> Although I usually do not use the graphical login (w/ kdm) I was CM> messing around with it a few days ago and noticed that no matter CM> which window manager I chose from the drop-down list, it would CM> only start KDE. The only way I could get another WM to start is CM> like the following (from console login): CM> WINDOWMANAGER=gnome startx CM> I'm pretty sure I've seen this on the list before, but I could not find CM> it by searching the archives. I would guess that some script somewhere CM> has gotten corrupted, but I have no idea what to look for. If anyone knows CM> how/where this is handled I would appreciate any info. CM> Thanks, CM> Mike CM> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CM> Michael Cleary CM> UNIX Qualification and Commands CM> Data General, a Division of EMC2 CM> 62 T.W. Alexander Dr. CM> Research Triangle Park, NC CM> mdcleary@dg-rtp.dg.com (919) 248-6033 CM> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Mike, Had the same problem - exit your current session and then re-login to re-set the WINDOWMANAGER environment variable. All will work fine after that! The experts will probably give you some whiz-bang way of doing it all without logging in again - but it works for me! It's hard for newbies like me to know these subtle tricks! Best regards, Darrin mailto:dward@basair.com.au -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq