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Re: How to make xfce the default desktop in opensuse 10.2?

dummy@example.com (dasistwas) — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:12:28 +0000

Thank you for your help. Indeed it was quite simpler than paste some code somewhere.
I just had to install the xfce desktop via yast. Then deactivate automatic login in the user management of yast and then on startup at the login-screen select Session -> Xfce Desktop

How simple life can be.
It would be quite simpler if that was written somewhere in the documentation (opensuse or Xfce).

Re: How to make xfce the default desktop in opensuse 10.2?

dummy@example.com (Pindakoe) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:42:43 +0000

If you use GDM as login manager then the following may help (it may also apply to KDM and XDM but I have no experience with those). Mandriva defines several sessions (desktop environment) in /etc/X11/wmsession.d or /etc/X11/dm/Sessions. These files follow the .desktop specification (see www.freedesktop.org). I had similar problems and got some helpfull posts from philip here. Apaprently similar files should exist for Suse in /usr/share/xsession.

How to make xfce the default desktop in opensuse 10.2?

dummy@example.com (dasistwas) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:48:57 +0000

Hi,
I already tried to copy the three lines of the FAQ section to the bashrc file via copy paste, but that didn t work:

if [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" -o "$(tty)" = "/dev/vc/1" ] ; then
  startxfce4
fi

I know I can start xfce by switching to runlevel 3 and then type startxfce4 in the console. But what I want is just to turn on the computer and be in xfce and not start gnome (my actual desktop to which I am logged in automatically on startup) and then open console and start xfce.
Perhaps a stupid question, but can anybody help me out? Can I configure it using the bootloader config tool? Or type at startup in GRUB the boot option "desktop=xfce" (that works in knoppix for fluxbox, but I dont think it works in suse for xfce)

Thanks for your help.
David