How to set xfce as default WM when using gdm

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 11:58:48AM +0100, Piotr Chmura wrote:
> Dnia Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:36:51 +0000, Chris Green <chris at areti.co.uk>  
> napisa³:
> 
> >I've just upgraded to Slackware 10 and for whatever reason xdm won't
> >work any more (I think it's an IPV6 issue) so I'm using gdm instead.
> >
> >When starting gdm it allows you to select the window manager you want
> >but defaults to gnome.  I'm getting bored with forgetting to select
> >xfce and having to shut gnome down and start again.
> >
> >So how do I set the default to xfce?  I've looked at the gdm
> >documentation but it doesn't seem to tell me how to do this.
> >
> >On closer inspection it would seem that gdm defaults to 'Last' (i.e.
> >presumably the last WM that was running) but this just gives me Gnome
> >every time.  Maybe I need to 'save' my xfce session somehow/somewhere
> >so that it is recorded as my 'Last' session, any idea how I might do
> >this?
> >
> 
> /usr/bin/gdmsetup
> 
> or Slackware style (edit file ;-) ):
> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
> 
I meant to imply that I'd been there (both gdmsetup and gdm.conf),
there isn't anything in either of them that selects the default
desktop - at least not that I could see.

-- 
Chris Green (chris at areti.co.uk)

    "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."