Adding an alternative window manager to the gdm login?

How do I add a window manager to the gdm login?

When Fedora has started, it shows me this desktop login (I think it's gdm), and there is a Sessions button where I can choose which window manager I want to execute. Included on the list is Gnome and KDE. How do I add another window manager, like xfce4, to this list?

Thanks.

create a file named xfce4 in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions contains

PHP Code:

exec /path/to/xfce4 xfce4 


chmod 755 xfce4
restart gdm or Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

see GNOME file for more info.

I already tried that. It's not working. xfce never shows up as a selection with the Login Manager

see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=113812

I only got it to work after putting a file called "xfce4.desktop" into the following directory "/usr/share/xsessions//usr/share/xsessions/".

AND. It only worked if the file "xfce4.desktop" had the following contents:

[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=xfce4 Name[az]=xfce4 Name[be]=xfce4 Name[ca]=xfce4 Name[cs]=xfce4 Name[cy]=xfce4 Name[da]=xfce4 Name[de]=xfce4 Name[el]=xfce4 Name[es]=xfce4 Name[et]=xfce4 Name[fi]=xfce4 Name[fr]=xfce4 Name[he]=xfce4 Name[hi]=xfce4 Name[hu]=xfce4 Name[it]=xfce4 Name[ko]=xfce4 Name[ms]=xfce4 Name[nl]=xfce4 Name[nn]=xfce4 Name[no]=xfce4 Name[pl]=xfce4 Name[pt]=xfce4 Name[pt_BR]=xfce4 Name[ro]=xfce4 Name[ru]=xfce4 Name[sk]=xfce4 Name[sl]=xfce4 Name[sq]=xfce4 Name[sr]=xfce4 Name[sr@Latn]=xfce4 Name[sv]=xfce4 Name[tr]=xfce4 Name[uk]=xfce4 Name[vi]=xfce4 Name[wa]=xfce4 Name[zh_CN]=xfce4 Name[zh_TW]=xfce4 Comment=This session logs you into xfce4 Comment[az]=Bu iclas sizi xfce4'a daxil edəcək Comment[be]=Гэтая сэсыя завядзе вас у xfce4 Comment[ca]=Aquesta sessió entra en xfce4 Comment[cs]=Toto sezení vás přihlásí do xfce4 Comment[cy]=Mae'r sesiwn hwn yn eich mewngofnodi i xfce4 Comment[da]=Denne session logger dig på xfce4 Comment[de]=Diese Sitzung meldet Sie an xfce4 an Comment[el]=Αυτή η συνεδρία σας εισάγει στο xfce4 Comment[es]=Con esta sesión accede a xfce4 Comment[fi]=Tämä istunto kirjaa sisään xfce4en Comment[fr]=Cette session vous connectera dans xfce4 Comment[he]=תצורת הפעלה זו מחברת אותך ל xfce4 Comment[hi]=यह सत्र गनोम में लॉगिन होगा Comment[hu]=Ez a munkamenet a xfce4-ba jelentkeztet be Comment[it]=Sessione di lavoro con xfce4 Comment[ko]=xfce4세션으로 로그인합니다 Comment[ms]=Sesi ini akan log anda ke xfce4 Comment[nl]=Deze sessie meldt u aan bij xfce4 Comment[nn]=Denne økta loggar på xfce4 Comment[no]=Denne sesjonen logger deg inn til xfce4 Comment[pl]=Sesja logowania do xfce4 Comment[pt]=Esta sessão inicia-o no xfce4 Comment[pt_BR]=Logar no ambiente xfce4 Comment[ro]=Această sesiune vă va loga în xfce4 Comment[sk]=Toto sedenie vás prihlási do prostredia xfce4 Comment[sl]=Ta seja vas prijavi v xfce4 Comment[sq]=Kjo seancë do t'ju fusë në xfce4 Comment[sr]=Ова сесија вас пријављује на xfce4 Comment[sr@Latn]=Ova sesija vas prijavljuje na xfce4 Comment[sv]=Denna session loggar in dig i xfce4 Comment[tr]=Bu oturum ile xfce4'a giriş yaparsınız Comment[uk]=Сеанс роботи в середовищі xfce4 Comment[vi]=Session này cho bạn đăng nhập vào xfce4 Comment[zh_CN]=此会话使您登录到 xfce4 Comment[zh_TW]=選取這個作業階段後會進入 xfce4 環境 Exec=startxfce4 TryExec=startxfce4 # no icon yet, only the top three are currently used Icon= Type=Application

Props to LordChaos on #fedora on irc.us.freenode.net.

But I have yet to figure out a way to add xfce as the default window manager when I login through the graphical greeter.