How do I set Xfce as my gdm default?

Todd And Margo Chester toddandmargo at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 18:34:27 UTC 2011


On 12/13/2011 09:09 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:17:09 -0800
> Todd And Margo Chester<toddandmargo at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I just set up a computer with Scientific Linux 6.1, using
>> the default "Workstation".  Then I installed Xfce.
>>
>> Question, how do I change my gdm default from gnome to Xfce?
>>
>>       /etc/gdm/custom.conf
>>       [daemon]
>>       DefaultSession=xfce.desktop
>>
>> Does not work.  What am I doing wrong?
>
> Not sure. Might need to be just 'xfce' ?

"Supposedly" it has to be the same thing that appears in
/usr/share/xsessions

>
> Alternately, you do know that once you choose the xfce session it
> should remember and always give you that one by default. ;)
>
> kevin

The buzzard goes right back to gnome.

Is it just me or did gdm get worse with recent
releases?

-T


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