Thanks to all who responded to my request for info on how to set XFCE as my default desktop. It seems that there is more than one way to do it. After considering the various possibilities, this is the one that I decided on:
Create a hidden file in my home directory named .xinitrc containing a a single line saying "startxfce". It is, of course, necessary to first log out and then log back in before the change takes effect. regards to all, Robert Storey On Monday 03 December 2001 02:30 am, you wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm new to Redhat, though I've been using SuSE > for the past two years. > > Rather than Gnome or KDE, my desktop of choice is > XFCE (it's superfast - if you'd like to try it, > it's on the Redhat Powertools CD). > > My problem - I can't seem to make XFCE the > default desktop. The switchdesk tool does not > include an option for XFCE. Under SuSE there is > an environment variable called $WINDOWMANAGER, > but I can find no evidence of its existence in > Redhat. I have a good book about Redhat which > says that I can set the default desktop by > creating a hidden file in my home directory > called .Xclients-default with the command "exec > startxfce" inside - alas, it does not work. The > only way I can get XFCE to start is from the > command line by typing "startxfce" - which is OK, > but not elegant. > > I hope that somebody can tell me how to make XFCE > the default. > > Thanks in advance, > Robert Storey > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
