How do I set Xfce as my gdm default?

Todd And Margo Chester toddandmargo at gmail.com
Sun Dec 18 18:29:50 UTC 2011


On 12/18/2011 05:29 AM, David wrote:
> 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?
>

Supposedly 12 and 13: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RHEL#History


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