Do you get a graphical login screen? If so there should be an icon somewhere that allows you to select the default desktop. So far I have not found a command line method for changing the desktop.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have Slackware-current installed on an HP laptop. The default DE is KDE > and I want to change that to Xfce as that's what I've used for 28 years. > > Opening a 'konsole' (ctrl-alt-t) as root I entered the command, 'xwmconfig', > and a dialog box opened with all available choices. > > Selecting xinit.xfce (the second option below kde) I clicked on the 'OK' > button and the console bash prompt appeared, overwriting a portion of the > GUI dialog box. Entering 'halt' shut down the computer. > > Re-starting it still brings up the KDE DE rather than Xfce. > > What am I missing here? > > TIA, > > Rich
