On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 at 10:57, John Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just reinstalled almalinux-9 after an selinux screw-up and cannot get
> xfce to work. I've installed all the requisite packages, but the gdm
> login screen no longer shows an option to select a different desktop
> (i.e. no "gear" icon). I tried pointing ./xinitrc to "exec
> /usr/bin/xfce4-session" but no joy. I installed the switchdesk package
> and ran "switchdesk Xfce" program reports "Desktop now set up to run
> xfce" but logout/login still comes up as the butt-ugly almalinux default
> desktop.
>
> Xfce worked fine on this machine prior to the reinstall. What am I missing?
>
>
I would expect that the system is coming up in Wayland versus X and so the
xinitrc and switchdesk are not used.



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>
> -John ([email protected])
>   Appleton, WI USA
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