# put your favourite window manager here STARTUP_WM=kde # this one does not work - S00knoppix-autoconfig will always overwrite it # echo "$STARTUP_WM" >/etc/sysconfig/desktop # this one does work - uuuugly! FILE=/etc/rcS.d/S00knoppix-autoconfig if grep -q '^\[ -n "$DESKTOP" \] || DESKTOP=' "$FILE" then sed -i "/^\[ -n \"\$DESKTOP\" \] || DESKTOP=/s/DESKTOP=\".*$/DESKTOP=\"$STARTUP_WM\"/g" "$FILE" else echo " setting of default window manager not found in $FILE" fi