[K12OSN] Session Options

John Cooper lug at discoverlinux.co.uk
Mon Nov 27 19:50:21 UTC 2006


Try locating where the  desktop files are :-

locate gnome.desktop

Fedora core 6 is :-

/usr/share/xsessions/*.desktop is the list of numbered desktops

To add a new one e.g.

cp /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/xfce42.desktop

Edit xfce.desktop and update as

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=XSession
Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4
TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4
Name=Xfce 4.2
Comment=The Xfce 4.2 Desktop Environment

Logout to see new menu in "Sessions"

To remove a desktop, just remove the 
/usr/share/xsessions/<CORRECT-ONE>.desktop.

To remove the desktop completely e.g. Gnome desktop manager

rpm -e gdm

/etc/gdm/Xsession has the list of options, but not sure whether this is 
only for when .xsessions doesn't
exist in the home directory.

John.


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