How do I set Xfce as my gdm default?

[Todd And Margo Chester]

On 12/17/2011 06:49 AM, David Boles wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 4:17 PM, 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?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
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>
>
> yum install switchdesktop
>
> then run it in a terminal as<user>
>
> there is also a GUI    yum install switchdesktop-gui
>
> again run it as<user>
>

Hi All,

I came up with a "work around".  It is a bit "cheezy",
so you may want to hold your nose before reading further.

Thank you all for your help and tips!
-T


My Work Around:

$su
# cd  /usr/share/xsessions

# mv gnome.desktop gnome.desktop.orig

# ln -s /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop

# ls -al
total 32
drwxr-xr-x.   2 root root  4096 Dec 15 19:04 .
drwxr-xr-x. 249 root root 12288 Dec 13 18:25 ..
lrwxrwxrwx.   1 root root    33 Dec 15 19:04 gnome.desktop -> 
/usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop
-rw-r--r--.   1 root root  6041 Nov 24  2010 gnome.desktop.orig
-rw-r--r--.   1 root root  5808 Sep 23 09:34 xfce.desktop