Why not just make a new /etc/gdm/Sessions/KDE file?
I've included mine for reference.
* Tom Kuiper ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:40:34 -0400
> > From: Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE?
> ..
> > On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:32:37 UTC
> > Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I few hours ago I upgraded the "unstable" version (2.4.20 kernel) with
> > > 'dselect' and found that a KDE log-in session was no longer an option.
> >
> > I don't know what you mean by "no longer an option." You tried to start
> > up KDE but it crashed? Your display manager no longer gives you a KDE
> > choice in some menu? KDE was de-installed?
>
> Aplogies for my vagueness. What I meant was that KDE is no longer listed
> as a session option in gdm log-in window.
>
> When I accepted the default recommended upgrades, many (but not all)?kde
> packages were removed.
> >
> >
> > > I've tried to force it back in but all that did was mess up Gnome a
> > > little. For example, the upper task bar is gone and the lower is empty.
> > > I can probably fix that, but I really want KDE back. Does anyone have
> > > any suggestions?
> >
> > I don't know what you mean by "force it back". You tried to re-install
> > KDE by hand? You tried to create a new menu entry in a display manager
> > for KDE?
>
> I used dselect to select the missing KDE packages. Creating a menu entry
> requires an appropriate entry in /etc/gdm/Sessions for kde, but there isn't
> one anymore.
>
> Regards
>
> Tom
>
>
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#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/gdm/Sessions/KDE
#
# global KDE session file, used by gdm
exec /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/startkde
