How do I change the desktop manager

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 21:51 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On 11/10/2010 09:32 PM, Tim wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 14:35 -0700, stan wrote:
> >> When you log into the X Desktop, in Gnome with GDM, you can select the
> >> desktop that will be used.  In Gnome, they are at the bottom of the
> >> page, not sure in KDE.
> >
> > To be clear:  That's not after you log-in, but part way through.  Done
> > on the GDM or KDM screen, which is neither Gnome nor KDE, yet.
> >
> >       1. Pick a username
> >       2. Pick the session type (Gnome, KDE, various others)
> >       3. Enter your password
> >
> > The session type choosing device doesn't appear until you pick a name to
> > log-in as, since that session type will only apply to that log-in.
> > Which, of course, will preclude using this option for anyone who's set
> > up a passwordless log-in (which isn't, generally, a good idea, anyway).
> 
> Actually KDM and KDM are slightly different in this respect. With KDM 
> you can select the session type before entering anything in the login boxes.
> 
> poc
> 
Actually that is true but not the whole truth. The ability to change
desktops is created by the value of $DISPLAYMANAGER in the file  
/etc/sysconfig/desktop
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