Re: [gdm-list] need to automatically log into XFce



On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 19:07 -0800, Anthony Ewell wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
>      I am working on a CentOS 4.4 server.  (Same as Red
> Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4, which is roughly based on
> Fedora Core 3.)
> 
>      I have a server I need to boot straight into
> XFce and run Parallels virtual machine.  Security
> is not an issue.  I have gdm.conf set to:
> 
>           #DefaultSession=default.desktop
>           DefaultSession=xfce.desktop
> 
>      If I log in manually, without going into gdm's
> sessions, I get XFce.  Joy, almost.
> 
>      If I set gdm to "Automatically" log me in, it
> automatically logs me into Gnome! No joy!
Use switchdesk to force a particular session .
Comes as a part of CentOS 4.4 .

This creates a ~/.Xclient-default file.Edit the same as required.

> 
>      How do I get gdm to automatically log me into
> XFce instead of gnome?  (I suspect I have to
> find where gdm reads "default.desktop", but
> I have yet to find it.)
> 
> Many thanks,
> --Tony
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