F16, How to change DE

SSDnoob · 11-13-2011, 02:33 PM

I'm totally sick and tired of this gnome3, wasn't the linux about choice? I cannot even seem to be chose my DE. At good old gdm, all it took was two mouse click to change DE, at gdm2 no such option.

I just want to get openbox to work on Fedora16.

I tried to replace gdm with slim, I just don't have any idea how. I'm not familiar with inner workings of fedora. Which file calls the gdm? There was nothing about it in xinitrc

the dsc · 11-13-2011, 05:30 PM

I don't know if it still applies, but, googlin for "fedora slim" I've found:

Quote:

SLiM

In Fedora, slim may be called through a wrapper, slim-dynwm, which determines the available window managers using the freedesktop information and modifies the slim configuration file accordingly, before launching slim. To use SLiM with Fedora, put the following in your /etc/sysconfig/desktop configuration:

DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/bin/slim-dynwm

To reboot or halt, login in as special username "reboot" or "halt" - using the root password. To get a console prompt use username "console", and to switch sessions use F1, screenshot F11.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LXDE#SLiM

Much of the LXDE stuff over there may be useful for just pure openbox, as LXDE is just a bunch of additions to openbox.

SSDnoob · 11-13-2011, 11:54 PM

I already read that wortless wiki

# du: cannot access `/etc/sysconfig/desktop': No such file or directory

John VV · 11-14-2011, 01:40 AM

you can always install KDE or xfce or lxde or even build E17
you might want to read
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=73
and the "get fedora" page
https://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fed...tions#desktops
https://spins.fedoraproject.org/

-- or using yum --

Code:

su -
yum grouplist

install the desktop group

Code:

su -
yum groupinstall " The Group in quotes"

SSDnoob · 11-14-2011, 10:14 AM

I'm interested in plain openbox, and afaic its not group.

Jenni · 11-14-2011, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SSDnoob

I'm interested in plain openbox, and afaic its not group.

Code:

yum install openbox

Worked for my f16 install.

zzak · 11-14-2011, 07:05 PM

Try the Gnome Fallback Mode:

Go to System Tools -> System Settings -> System Info -> Graphics -> Forced Fallback Mode --> Turn ON button

According to the Openbox web page, Openbox isn't fully compatible with the new version of Gnome.

When I tried to install new software under openbox, the process would fail because the window
asking for authorization failed to materialize, hence installation failed. I had to either
install packages with yum, or do it under Gnome3.

SSDnoob · 11-15-2011, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zzak

Try th..., Openbox isn't fully compatible with the new version of Gnome....

I don't want gnome with openbox, (which I assume would be attempted by the replace option), I just want plain openbox, that big bulk of nothingness..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenni

Code:

yum install openbox

Worked for my f16 install.

I done same to, but how to start openbox? You can't do it from the gnome, and gdm2 have no such option.

Jenni · 11-15-2011, 03:19 PM

from the login manager, click your name, then below it should be a " > Session..." option.
If it's not showing up for you I don't know why. I installed KDE before Openbox though, so I had that option there before I had openbox installed.

SSDnoob · 11-15-2011, 04:49 PM

yeah that is reason, KDM is capable of firing of other stuff, GDM2, unlike gdm, is incapable...

SSDnoob · 11-17-2011, 01:22 PM

ok, no solutions than.

Thanks gdm2!, thanks for taking my power to choose from me. I'm going with kde spin and than install the openbox

frieza · 11-17-2011, 01:58 PM

just to be certain, are you sure you installed openbox? i use windowmaker on fedora 16, everything else is default and it finds windowmaker and puts it in the login options just fine.