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I've found a number of other entries about this, but they don't apply (the config files mentioned do not exist or whatever). My RHEL 4.x systems work differently, so the solutions I used there don't help either.
In the course of some fussing around trying to get Virtual Box OSE to load, I apparently stomped on something so that when I log in now, I get the twm window manager--I was perfectly willing to have Gnome or whatever, but twm is a bit too light-weight for what I need.
Anyone know where the magic config file or whatever lives in RHEL/CentOS 5.x?
1) usually there's a choice at the login screen...options>sessions
2)if not, see if there is a .xinitrc file in the users home folder that you're logging in to. If not...you can create one with a simple line like: exec gnome-session
The question I would have for you is: are you running xdm, gdm, kdm, entrance etc...?
I expected to get a choice on the login screen too (it still looks the same as it did before), but the choice under the Session option is limited to "Default" or "Last Session"--neither of which gets me back to Gnome. There is no .xinitrc file. (First two things I checked.) I didn't find anything that seemed related in /etc/X11/xinit either.
I had been running gdm; I'm considering trying to install another window manager and see if it'll then give me a choice.
to see what packages for Gnome you have installed. And maybe install one of the packages to see if yum gives you anything. maybe you have de-installed some gnome packages along the way.
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