On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:06:03 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > I installed Debian Testing amd64 with the Debian desktop environment. I > then installed task-xfce-desktop, including lightdm and setting lightdm > as the default desktop manager.
(...) > When I log out, leaving the check box "Save session for future login" > checked", and then login again leaving the "Default Xsession" drop-down > alone, I am logged in to a Gnome desktop, in spite of the contents of > ~/.dmrc: > > 2012-07-31 17:04:01 dpchrist@i72600s ~ $ cat .dmrc > > [Desktop] > Session=xfce So in brief, the problem you experiment is that the selected session is not saved as the default from lightdm, correct? > Any suggestions? A couple of hints: 1/ Try with any of these options (classic method/new method): http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch07.en.html#_customizing_the_x_session_classic_method 2/ Read the comments and suggested steps listed here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648220 And you may also find useful these ones: http://askubuntu.com/questions/62833/how-do-i-change-the-default-session-for-when-using-auto-logins http://wiki.debian.org/LightDM Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jvbevp$t5n$9...@dough.gmane.org