Changing Default Desktop Environment from GNOME to Openbox!
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Changing Default Desktop Environment from GNOME to Openbox!
Hi,
I would like to exclusively use the Openbox desktop environment with Fedora Core 3, however there are no available options to change this to my default. Since I am the only user of this machine, I prefer to have the system log my user in automatically (no login screen), and ideally I'd like to have it automatically log me into Openbox instead of GNOME.
Any ideas on how to do this?
Also, upon starting Openbox (either automatically or manually from the session tab of the login screen), I'd like to execute the following command each time I start it
thanks for the reply; openbox doesn't show up under the switchdesk menu. the way I get to openbox is selecting the Session tab in the login menu (which actually brings up a popup telling me that the way to change the default environment to openbox is by going to switchdesk even though openbox isn't there).
Actually just reread your post, this will just start fluxbox up as your wm after you log in. Although I think you can set your gdm or whatever its called to log in automatically
ok i edited that file, I think i did it correctly, but it doesn't start openbox... i dont know exactly WHAT it starts, but it is not gnome or openbox, its some diagnostic or emergency type of thing I'm guessing.
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