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 -- Paul Cartwright