Index: gdm-2.27.90/daemon/gdm-session-direct.c
===================================================================
--- gdm-2.27.90.orig/daemon/gdm-session-direct.c
+++ gdm-2.27.90/daemon/gdm-session-direct.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 
 #include <libhal.h>
 
+#include "gdm-sysconfig.h"
+
 #include "gdm-session-direct.h"
 #include "gdm-session.h"
 #include "gdm-session-private.h"
@@ -670,6 +672,15 @@ get_fallback_session_name (void)
         int           i;
         char         *name;
 
+        name = gdm_sysconfig_load_value ("/etc/sysconfig/windowmanager", "DEFAULT_WM");
+        if (name && get_session_command_for_name (name, NULL)) {
+                return name;
+        }
+
+        if (name) {
+                g_free (name);
+        }
+
         name = g_strdup ("gnome");
         if (get_session_command_for_name (name, NULL)) {
                 return name;