How to Switch Between GDM and KDM on Ubuntu
If you have installed the Kubuntu desktop on top of Ubuntu or the other way around, you may want to switch from gdm to kdm, or from kdm to gdm. This is an easy thing to do.
Open a terminal window and type in the following command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
Hit enter at the OK prompt, and then you can switch between the two easily:
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Thanks a bunch for the tip!! It comes in quite handy.
Hi,
I tried it, but I get an error message at the end:
"invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm, action "reload" failed"
I have Ubuntu 7.04 and install Kubuntu-desktop on top of it. I am currently using KDM, but want to switch back to GDM
How do I fix it ?
Thank you very much for the help
Thanks Geek. Gonna try it right away
> How do I fix it ?
May be
sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm
Awesome!