<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM, phil <<a href="mailto:happyharrysco1@yahoo.co.uk">happyharrysco1@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> solarflow99 wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Aldo Foot <<a href="mailto:lunixer@gmail.com" target="_blank">lunixer@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:lunixer@gmail.com" target="_blank">lunixer@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:39 AM, solarflow99 <<a href="mailto:solarflow99@gmail.com" target="_blank">solarflow99@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:solarflow99@gmail.com" target="_blank">solarflow99@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: > I would like to set this as the default, but using runlevel 5 just brings up > GDM by default and I have to select lxde every time. Anyone happen to know > where you can can set this? it doesnt seem realted to prefdm, I tried that > already. I selected LXDE at the GDM. Logged in. Rebooted. The LXDE was still selected when I logged in a second time. In my system I have a hidden file, which stores my desktop selection to remember it: $ cat $HOME/.dmrc [Desktop] Session=LXDE first time I ever try LXDE and is indeed quite fast. If only I could get root to work then, you'll notice if you logged as root, it doesnt save the session even if that file is there. Also from my previous post, it should have been PREFERRominED=/usr/bin/startlxde </blockquote> but why login as root? why not use 'su' or 'sudo', logging in as root all the time isn't recommended <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines" target="_blank"></a></blockquote><div> oh no, I thought this one might be coming, but anyways i'm happy to answer your question. I found that because of what I am usually doing using su is a huge hassle, almost everything I do needs to be root, and there are reasons why I would want to do that. I agree with not allowing root by default, but its not actually for everyone. </div></div>