[SOLVED] How do I alter the desktop that debian boots to.
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Distribution: Debian Testing, Stable, Sid and Manjaro, Mageia 3, LMDE
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Having a bit of trouble figuring out what you want to know here.
Do you have xfce installed? Beats me.
If you don't install the package xfce4 as root;
Code:
apt-get install xfce4
You may want to install some other things but that is the meta package and will get you most of the xfce desktop environment.
If you do have it installed simply log out. At the login screen type your user name, hit enter, type your password and then click on the "session" box on the login box. This should give you the option of Gnome or Xfce. Choose Xfce. Click on "Login".
Distribution: Debian Testing, Stable, Sid and Manjaro, Mageia 3, LMDE
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Install kdm, xcm, gdm3, slim or lightdm.
I would suggest lightdm as it is what Debian xfce is using.
I do not understand why you do not have a Display Manager (the dm in all those names). If you installed Gnome in the usual manner gdm3 would have been installed by default.
I install with the netinstall disk usually and have to install something like that if I want it.
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