Display Manager Default:
The default display manager for Red Had based systems can be set in /etc/sysconfig/desktop
Desktop choices: GNOME, KDE
Display Manager choices: GNOME, XDM, KDE
Example /etc/sysconfig/desktopDesktop choices: GNOME, KDE
Display Manager choices: GNOME, XDM, KDE
DESKTOP="GNOME" DISPLAYMANAGER="GNOME"Specifying GNOME as a display manager will invoke GDM.
Upon boot, the system will run /etc/init/prefdm.conf which will in turn call the "Preferred Display Manager" (prefdm) script /etc/X11/prefdmwhich will utilize the settings in /etc/sysconfig/desktop if available.