Rob Owens wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Rob Owens wrote: > > > Paul van der Vlis wrote: > > > > Another GDM3 question: > > > > How can I change the "system default" desktop for all users? GDM3 makes me think that Paul is running GNOME. > > > I *think* this might be set by running update-alternatives --config > > > x-window-manager > > > > I think x-session-manager instead. :-) > > My Jessie system doesn't have /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager, > just x-window-manager. Maybe it's because I don't have a desktop > environment installed? I just have fluxbox, and > /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager points to /usr/bin/startfluxbox. As another minimalist you are my new BFF! :-) But yes that is why you don't have it. Fluxbox is a window manager and AFAIK installs an x-window-manager alternative. Same thing for most "window managers". But heavy desktop session managers such as LXDE (light weight is relative here), XFCE, GNOME, KDE install an alternative for x-session-manager. Openbox also installs itself as an x-session-manager too even though I would classify it as a window manager. (shrug) The system default Xsession will try ~/.xsession followed by x-session-manager followed by x-window-manager followed by x-terminal-emulator and I probably missed something along the way. Details are embedded in the code of the /etc/X11/Xsession* scripts. Bob
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