On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 04:11:28 -0700, John Conover wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: > > > > Those probably only install themselves as x-window-manager so this > > should work instead > > > > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > > > Not exactly sure how display managers handle defaults when you have > > both. Per user there is also ~/.dmrc. > > > > In this particular case, the problem was an ~/.xinitrc, (linked to > ~/.xsession, dated 1994!!! launching fvwm,) in the user's account. If > a .xinitrc/.xsession file exists, it is executed as "Default Session" > by lightdm, (regardless of the system's default session; BTW, but not > as a login session, i.e., not via bash -l.) > > Obviously, none of the suggestions offered, (all competent,) in the > list would work under these circumstances.
This is a nice example of why using an ~/.xinitrc is very often unwise. The file xinitrc in /etc/X11/xinit is not used so the global X session script is not consulted. Linking it to ~/.xsession does nothing for this situation. The recommended file for a user to customise is ~/.xsession (after deleting ~/.xinitrc). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/25102014124122.8d7d7feb0...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
