On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM, phil <[email protected]> wrote:
> solarflow99 wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Aldo Foot <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:39 AM, solarflow99 <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > I would like to set this as the default, but using runlevel 5 >> just brings up >> > GDM by default and I have to select lxde every time. Anyone >> happen to know >> > where you can can set this? it doesnt seem realted to prefdm, I >> tried that >> > already. >> >> I selected LXDE at the GDM. Logged in. Rebooted. The LXDE was still >> selected when >> I logged in a second time. >> In my system I have a hidden file, which stores my desktop selection >> to remember it: >> >> $ cat $HOME/.dmrc >> [Desktop] >> Session=LXDE >> >> first time I ever try LXDE and is indeed quite fast. >> >> >> If only I could get root to work then, you'll notice if you logged as >> root, it doesnt save the session even if that file is there. Also from my >> previous post, it should have been PREFERRominED=/usr/bin/startlxde >> >> >> > but why login as root? why not use 'su' or 'sudo', logging in as root all > the time isn't recommended > <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines> oh no, I thought this one might be coming, but anyways i'm happy to answer your question. I found that because of what I am usually doing using su is a huge hassle, almost everything I do needs to be root, and there are reasons why I would want to do that. I agree with not allowing root by default, but its not actually for everyone.
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