On 21/02/11 20:16, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 02/21/2011 03:04 PM, Werner Joss wrote: >>> # update-alternatives --all >> don't use this (sets defaults for all kind of stuff). > yeah, too late.. but it was mostly hit return for defaults.. > nice to know stuff anyway! > >> try: >> dpkg-reconfigure xdm >> >> this should give you the option to select kdm-trinity as >> default-displaymanager >> > > I've been doing : > dpkg-reconfigure gdm > and selecting kdm-trinity, and it still didn't work. > > what is the difference with xdm? > > # dpkg-reconfigure xdm > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xdm is not installed > The other thing is, run sysv-rc-conf and turn off gdm then it can't start