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From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
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begin  electrogrammati illius Lee Mx 

Hi,

> When I enable xdm in /etc/ttys, it starts twm by default.
> With startx and xinitrc it starts whatever is there.  How can the
> default window manager be changed when starting with xdm?

Create a .xsession file in your home dir. Something like this should do it:
---------cut---------------
#!/bin/sh
exec startkde
--------cut----------------

Cheers,
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	Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
	http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org