XFCE as default windowmanager

donald · #1 13th April 2005, 10:03 AM

hi all,

i want to set my default windowmanager to xfce -
xfce is installed and i can select it from the login list.
how do i set it as default windowmanager?

pls help.
thx
donald

AndyGreen · #2 13th April 2005, 10:11 AM

Have a look in /etc/sysconfig/desktop ;-)

donald · #3 13th April 2005, 11:45 AM

hi,

thx.
i've set the the desktop and displaymanager variable to XFCE and put a line into prefdm.
But it won't work.

donald

AndyGreen · #4 13th April 2005, 12:14 PM

Sorry for giving you a bad tip.

What exactly did you put in /etc/X11/prefdm? That looks like a good place.

donald · #5 13th April 2005, 12:56 PM

#!/bin/sh

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

# shut down any graphical boot that might exist
if [ -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ]; then
/usr/bin/rhgb-client -quit
fi

# We need to source this so that the login screens get translated
[ -f /etc/profile.d/lang.sh ] && . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh

# Run preferred X display manager
preferred=
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/desktop
if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then
preferred=gdm
elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then
preferred=kdm
elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then
preferred=xdm
elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XFCE ]; then
preferred=xfce
fi
fi

shopt -s execfail

[ -n "$preferred" ] && exec $preferred $* >/dev/null 2>&1

# Fallbacks, in order
exec gdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
exec kdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
exec xdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1

# catch all exit error
exit 1

jim · #6 13th April 2005, 01:03 PM

open a terminal

type
switchdesk
choose your WM and click ok

Dustin · #7 13th April 2005, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fedorajim

open a terminal

type
switchdesk
choose your WM and click ok

I think that is supposed to open up a gui but my install didn't have it. Just type
switchdesk xfce

Ned · #8 13th April 2005, 04:05 PM

Yes, you need to install the switchdesk-gui package to use the gui desktop switching tool. It's not installed by default, but can be found on one of the CDs (was on disk 4 for FC2, not sure for FC3).

Ned

steve_scott · #9 18th April 2005, 04:40 AM

quick question, switchdesk-gui gives me an error:

"Your desktop configuration cannot be updated, please make sure that the package switchdesk has correctly been installed on the machine."

When I try to set it to fluxbox, which I installed via rpm.
It does work with xfce and I tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail.

Is there any other way to do this?

ah, in the console it says that fluxbox is not installed, anyway to point it to my startfluxbox executable?

by the way, since this is my first/second post; you guys here are great I migrated from mandrake and this forum was very helpful getting everything set up and then after install troubleshooting

Ned · #10 18th April 2005, 06:12 AM

I'm guessing that switchdesk-gui will only work with gui's that are officially shipped with fedora.

Ned

#11 18th April 2005, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ned

I'm guessing that switchdesk-gui will only work with gui's that are officially shipped with fedora.

Ned

No, I have got switchdesk to work with any window manager that I have installed. I just typed "switchdesk wm_name" and it works. No need for the gui for the actual switching. Then when you log out, the new wm should be in the gui in the gdm login screen.

Ned · #12 19th April 2005, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianmac

No, I have got switchdesk to work with any window manager that I have installed. I just typed "switchdesk wm_name" and it works. No need for the gui for the actual switching. Then when you log out, the new wm should be in the gui in the gdm login screen.

Cool - good to know

Ned