Re: lightdm's "Default Xsession"?
On 25/10/14 22:11, John Conover wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU writes:
>> On Vi, 24 oct 14, 09:33:59, Raffaele Morelli wrote:
>>> On 24/10/14 at 10:17am, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>>> On Jo, 23 oct 14, 19:38:15, John Conover wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I use two WM, (xfce and fvwm.) Lightdm's "Default Xsession" is fvwm2.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I change lightdm's "Default Xsession" to xfce?
>>>>
>>>> I prefer to do this at system level (i.e. will work for any DM):
>>>>
>>>> update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
>>>
>>> That's smarter but doesn't always work.
>>> As an example I always use awesome and sometimes i3 but the command above returns only xfce4-session
>>> ie no alternatives.
>>
>> Those probably only install themselves as x-window-manager so this
>> should work instead
>>
>> update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
>>
>> Not exactly sure how display managers handle defaults when you have
>> both. Per user there is also ~/.dmrc.
>>
>
> In this particular case, the problem was an ~/.xinitrc, (linked to
> ~/.xsession, dated 1994!!! launching fvwm,) in the user's account. If
> a .xinitrc/.xsession file exists, it is executed as "Default Session"
> by lightdm, (regardless of the system's default session; BTW, but not
> as a login session, i.e., not via bash -l.)
OK. Fix that and the offered solutions will work.
>
> Obviously, none of the suggestions offered, (all competent,) in the
> list would work under these circumstances.
I can't reproduce your results (which appear to be legacy issues).
>From my reading (allowing for Gmail POP3 trickle effect) you've had
three different solutions to the problem.
All three solutions (are correct in "effect"):-
;work for me on Wheezy
;will survive updates and upgrades (you'll get the option to keep those
settings).
AFAIK the solution offered by Andrei is the "correct *Debian* way".
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> John
>
Kind regards
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