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On 01/31/2013 01:46 AM, Andras Horvath wrote: (Resending my message again, the answer at the top might have caused an issue) On the login screen, first you have to select your user, and _then_ will the menu appear at the bottom in the middle with the selection possibility of XFCE or Gnome. Before the selection any user, there won't be any of such menu. No, that did not work either, the option is simply missing. But, I have been using Fedora for a long time and forgot the obvious due to systemd on recent versions where it was easier just to use the graphic start screen. The solution is simply to set /etc/inittab to level 3 and after rebooting I can now log-in and enter startxfce4 and I am back in familiar territory with a desktop I know how to deal with. All is happiness and light once more! Thanks all, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box7 Scientific Linux 6.3
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On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 22:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? It's there, but in the epel repository. Go get the epel-release package from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Or just do: yum install yum-conf-epel And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go via the Fedora wiki any more :) Then just do: yum groupinstall xfce That should be it. Yes, thanks, that eased the pain a lot! Now if I can figure out how to shange from gnome to xfce. Maybe there's a switchdesk rpm? When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to choose desktop environment directly there. Usually at the bottom of the screen, iirc. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth Well I have SL6/3 working pretty much as expected now, however I am still forced to use gnome, I have XFCE installed but can't start it as long as gnome starts first. In Fedora it was a selection in the log-in screen, earlier versions I would do startxfce4, not so here, perhaps a limitation of installing from the Live version? Although Fedora was installed from a Live spin too. Dunno, it will annoy me until I find a way. Thanks to all for the help, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box7 Scientific Linux 6.3
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On the login screen, first you have to select your user, and _then_ will the menu appear at the bottom in the middle with the selection possibility of XFCE or Gnome. Before the selection any user, there won't be any of such menu. On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:33:28 -0500 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 22:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? It's there, but in the epel repository. Go get the epel-release package from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Or just do: yum install yum-conf-epel And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go via the Fedora wiki any more :) Then just do: yum groupinstall xfce That should be it. Yes, thanks, that eased the pain a lot! Now if I can figure out how to shange from gnome to xfce. Maybe there's a switchdesk rpm? When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to choose desktop environment directly there. Usually at the bottom of the screen, iirc. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth Well I have SL6/3 working pretty much as expected now, however I am still forced to use gnome, I have XFCE installed but can't start it as long as gnome starts first. In Fedora it was a selection in the log-in screen, earlier versions I would do startxfce4, not so here, perhaps a limitation of installing from the Live version? Although Fedora was installed from a Live spin too. Dunno, it will annoy me until I find a way. Thanks to all for the help, Bob
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:33:28 -0500 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 22:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? It's there, but in the epel repository. Go get the epel-release package from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Or just do: yum install yum-conf-epel And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go via the Fedora wiki any more :) Then just do: yum groupinstall xfce That should be it. Yes, thanks, that eased the pain a lot! Now if I can figure out how to shange from gnome to xfce. Maybe there's a switchdesk rpm? When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to choose desktop environment directly there. Usually at the bottom of the screen, iirc. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth Well I have SL6/3 working pretty much as expected now, however I am still forced to use gnome, I have XFCE installed but can't start it as long as gnome starts first. In Fedora it was a selection in the log-in screen, earlier versions I would do startxfce4, not so here, perhaps a limitation of installing from the Live version? Although Fedora was installed from a Live spin too. Dunno, it will annoy me until I find a way. Thanks to all for the help, Bob (Resending my message again, the answer at the top might have caused an issue) On the login screen, first you have to select your user, and _then_ will the menu appear at the bottom in the middle with the selection possibility of XFCE or Gnome. Before the selection any user, there won't be any of such menu.
SL-6.3 Install xfce -
I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box9 Fedora-18 Linux
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Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? It's there, but in the epel repository. Go get the epel-release package from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL (get the right one for your arch, links midway down the page), then yum --enablerepo=epel search xfce to see what's available. EPEL has a pretty good compatability record with RHEL (that's their whole goal in life), so odds are decent this will work in your situation. -- Alec Habig, University of Minnesota Duluth Physics Dept. ha...@neutrino.d.umn.edu http://neutrino.d.umn.edu/~habig/
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On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? It's there, but in the epel repository. Go get the epel-release package from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Or just do: yum install yum-conf-epel And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go via the Fedora wiki any more :) Then just do: yum groupinstall xfce That should be it. -- kind regards David Sommerseth
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On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? It's there, but in the epel repository. Go get the epel-release package from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Or just do: yum install yum-conf-epel And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go via the Fedora wiki any more :) Then just do: yum groupinstall xfce That should be it. -- kind regards David Sommerseth Yes, thanks, that eased the pain a lot! Now if I can figure out how to shange from gnome to xfce. Maybe there's a switchdesk rpm? -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box9 Fedora-18 Linux
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On 29/01/13 22:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? It's there, but in the epel repository. Go get the epel-release package from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Or just do: yum install yum-conf-epel And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go via the Fedora wiki any more :) Then just do: yum groupinstall xfce That should be it. Yes, thanks, that eased the pain a lot! Now if I can figure out how to shange from gnome to xfce. Maybe there's a switchdesk rpm? When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to choose desktop environment directly there. Usually at the bottom of the screen, iirc. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth
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On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to choose desktop environment directly there. Usually at the bottom of the screen, iirc. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth Yes, that's what I expected but it's not there? Things have gone pretty well so far, a lot more to do to get what I want ... Thanks, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box9 Fedora-18 Linux
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JE suis d'accord sur le fond mais la demande est impossible à satisfaire si on a 5 mn... Michel --On mardi 29 janvier 2013 17:09 -0500 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to choose desktop environment directly there. Usually at the bottom of the screen, iirc. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth Yes, that's what I expected but it's not there? Things have gone pretty well so far, a lot more to do to get what I want ... Thanks, Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box9 Fedora-18 Linux * * Michel Jouvin Email : jou...@lal.in2p3.fr * * LAL / CNRSTel : +33 1 64468932* * B.P. 34 Fax : +33 1 69079404* * 91898 Orsay Cedex * * France* *
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Bob I switch some time ago it was a pain to go about all the configuration scripts but it can be done unfortunately I did not keep notes just be patient and good luck. On Jan 29, 2013 4:49 PM, David Sommerseth sl+us...@lists.topphemmelig.net wrote: On 29/01/13 22:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes: I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm. What is the best way to deal with that? It's there, but in the epel repository. Go get the epel-release package from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Or just do: yum install yum-conf-epel And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go via the Fedora wiki any more :) Then just do: yum groupinstall xfce That should be it. Yes, thanks, that eased the pain a lot! Now if I can figure out how to shange from gnome to xfce. Maybe there's a switchdesk rpm? When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to choose desktop environment directly there. Usually at the bottom of the screen, iirc. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth
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On 01/29/2013 05:42 PM, Andrew Z wrote: Bob I switch some time ago it was a pain to go about all the configuration scripts but it can be done unfortunately I did not keep notes just be patient and good luck. Yes, it will rake me a week to configure things as I want them, and then it may not be exactly what I want ... Thanks -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box9 Fedora-18 Linux
