On the login screen, first you have to select your user, and _then_
will the menu appear at the bottom in the middle with the selection
possibility of XFCE or Gnome. Before the selection any user, there
won't be any of such menu.


On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:33:28 -0500
"Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
> > On 29/01/13 22:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> >> On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
> >>> On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote:
> >>>> Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes:
> >>>>>      I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be
> >>>>> a yum rpm.
> >>>>>      What is the best way to deal with that?
> >>>> It's there, but in the epel repository.  Go get the
> >>>> epel-release package from here:
> >>>>
> >>>>     http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
> >>> Or just do:
> >>>
> >>>      yum install yum-conf-epel
> >>>
> >>> And you'll get all the needed files for EPEL ... no need to go
> >>> via the Fedora wiki any more :)
> >>>
> >>> Then just do:  yum groupinstall xfce
> >>>
> >>> That should be it.
> >>>
> >>>      Yes, thanks, that eased the pain a lot! Now if I can figure
> >>> out how to shange from gnome to xfce. Maybe there's a switchdesk
> >>> rpm?
> > When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able
> > to choose desktop environment directly there.  Usually at the
> > bottom of the screen, iirc.
> >
> >
> > --
> > kind regards,
> >
> > David Sommerseth
> >
> 
> 
>     Well I have SL6/3 working pretty much as expected now, however I
> am still forced to use gnome, I have XFCE installed but can't start it
>     as long as gnome starts first. In Fedora it was a selection in the
>     log-in screen, earlier versions I would do startxfce4, not so
> here, perhaps a limitation of installing from the Live version?
> Although Fedora was installed from a Live spin too. Dunno, it will
> annoy me until I find a way.
> 
>     Thanks to all for the help,
> 
>     Bob
> 
>