How do I set Xfce as my gdm default?

David dgboles at gmail.com
Sun Dec 18 13:29:16 UTC 2011


On 12/17/2011 3:28 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
> 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>
>>
> 
> According to pbone.net there is only a switchdesk available
> for FC15.  YUM says nothing is available either (switchdesk,
> switchdesktop, or switchdesktop-gui).
> 
> I doubt it either as I believe it would give the same
> result as this FC14 bug:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658247
> 
> Thank you for the help,

What release of Fedora is Scientific Linux 6.1 based on?


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  David


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