How to set xfce as default WM when using gdm

[Erik Harrison]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:36:51 +0000, Chris Green <chris at areti.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.

Whenever I log in using GDM, and change sessions, I have always been
given the option to save that session as default. Potentially gdm.conf
needs to be edited to allow that.

-Erik

> 
> 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?
> 
> --
> Chris Green (chris at areti.co.uk)
> 
>     "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."
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-Erik