Gnome desktop starts after every boot-up

[Ken Moffat]

Robert Kozlowski wrote:
>
> GDM starts my xfce but few seconds after this, the gnome desktop shows 
> up. I have indeed the xfce panels, but have to load my xfce desktop 
> manually (via the xfce desktop preferences).
>
>   


Sounds like nautilus is starting and covering the xfce desktop. Try 
killing all nautilus processes, then exit xfce, saving the session, then 
login again.