On 13 Sivan 5761, Rod Brookes wrote: > I have just done a new install on a G4 including Gnome but the > desktop which loads is xdm and I would like Gnome to load on > startup. Please can anyone help? Does "apt-get install gdm" fix it? Note that *dm just handles the login pretty much; you can start Gnome even though you login with xdm, and so on. -- Charles Sebold 13th of Sivan, 5761 -- Be wise...and get thee home. --Iago, from "Othello"