Re: Desktop Switching Tool

[Ed Greshko]

On 08/10/15 01:41, jd1008 wrote:
> I am using mate. And the Desktop Switching Tool shows that the current selection is KDE, which is NOT my DT.
> Even if I change it to Gnome (which is also NOT my DT), it does not stay there after restart of X (i.e. log out
> and log back in). I even tried reboot. Checking it again after re-login, it still shows KDE selected as the switching tool.

If you would look you'd find that switchdesk/switchdesk-gui is a bash/python application.  Looking at the scripts one can see that MATE is not accounted for in them.

FWIW, I haven't found a use for switchdesk now that all of the DM's allow you to select which DE you want at login.