Nicolas George composed on 2026-11-03 14:48 (UTC+0100):
> Greg Wooledge composed:
>> As an alternative, you could tell us what it says.
> grep: /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop: No such file or directory
> What makes you think the situation is any different for me? ;-)
I don't like rats. I only use TDE/TDM on Debian. XFCE I have only on a 32bit
Tumbleweed, and on a few Mint 22s:
# inxi -S
System:
Host: ga88x Kernel: 6.8.0-90-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena
# ls -Ggh ~/.xini* ~/.xs*
ls: cannot access '/root/.xini*': No such file or directory
-rw------- 1 4.1K Nov 3 20:14 /root/.xsession-errors
# systemctl cat display-manager.service | grep tdm
# /usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service
Documentation=man:lightdm(1)
ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c '[ "$(basename $(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
2>/dev/null))" = "lightdm" ]'
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lightdm
# scluf 'tdm|play' # alias for systemctl list-unit-files | grep
display-manager.service alias -
lightdm.service indirect enabled
# grep Exec /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop
Exec=startxfce4
# echo "$XDG_SESSION_TYPE"
x11
#
# inxi -S
System:
Host: gx280 Kernel: 7.2.11-1-default arch: i686 bits: 32
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.2 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20261022
# scluf 'tdm|legacy' # alias for systemctl list-unit-files | grep
display-manager-legacy.service enabled enabled
lightdm.service disabled disabled
# grep LAYM /etc/alternatives/default-displaymanager
DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/lightdm
# grep Exec /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop
Exec=startxfce4
#
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