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Ok...and since you've not told us anything about your system at all, what do you think we'll be able to tell you?? What version/distro of Linux? New installation or old? New problem or old? Anything you've done/tried?? Hardware? Monitor? ANY messages/errors you see? Does it start from a terminal??
We cannot guess, but if you provide details we may be able to help
I second what the others have said--more information would be helpful. Nevertheless, you should check the login screen (display manager of DM for short) for a dialog that allows you to choose your preferred DE/WM.
Sometimes it's a dialog and sometimes it's an icon that opens a dialog. If it's an icon, sometimes it's always visible and sometimes it doesn't appear until you type in a user name.
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