How do I set Xfce as my gdm default?

[Lucas]

On 12/20/2011 11:38 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
>> On 12/18/2011 07:53 AM, Lucas wrote:
>>> On 12/18/2011 05:29 PM, 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can suggest to look at /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients, but I am not sure that
>>> gdm reads this file.
>>> I use FXCE since 4.4.3, but never with gdm.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Now this piece of code look interesting (Xclients). For starters,
>> it explains what the "PREFERRED" variable in /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>> is doing.
>>
>>
>> /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients:
>>
>> GSESSION="$(which gnome-session 2>/dev/null)"
>> STARTKDE="$(which startkde 2>/dev/null)"
>>
>> # check to see if the user has a preferred desktop
>> PREFERRED=
>> if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
>> . /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>> if [ "$DESKTOP" = "GNOME" ]; then
>> PREFERRED="$GSESSION"
>> elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "KDE" ]; then
>> PREFERRED="$STARTKDE"
>> fi
>> fi
>>
>> if [ -n "$PREFERRED" ]; then
>> exec "$PREFERRED"
>> fi
>>
>>
>> When I next get to the server with this issue, I will
>> change PREFERRED to "/usr/bin/startxfce4" and see what
>> happens. I will get back.
>>
>> -T
>
> Nope. Still did not work. I had to go back to my cheezy
> work around. :'(
>
> -T
>
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Why you can't  just install lxdm. It is good enough. Anyway you do not use GDM.

And also I don't understand why lightdm is not in Fedora repository. OpenSuse for instance, uses it 
already.