[K12OSN] Session Options

[Peter Scheie]

There's a page on the wiki that covers this:
http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/How%20to%20edit%20the%20Session%20menu%20that%20appears%20on%20the%20client%20login%20screen

And I don't think you want to run 'rpm -e gdm' as that would remove the 
Gnome Display Manager, not the 'Gnome desktop manager'.  GDM is what 
gives you the login screen.  Now, you could switch from GDM to using 
KDM, the KDE Display Manager, in which case GDM isn't really necessary. 
  But since none of this has anything to do with the different types of 
desktop environments that are made available to the user at login via 
the Session menu, my guess is that fooling around with the Display 
Manager, whether GDM, KDM, or XDM, isn't going to give you what you want.

Petre

John Cooper wrote:
> Try locating where the  desktop files are :-
> 
> locate gnome.desktop
> 
> Fedora core 6 is :-
> 
> /usr/share/xsessions/*.desktop is the list of numbered desktops
> 
> To add a new one e.g.
> 
> cp /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/xfce42.desktop
> 
> Edit xfce.desktop and update as
> 
> [Desktop Entry]
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Type=XSession
> Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4
> TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4
> Name=Xfce 4.2
> Comment=The Xfce 4.2 Desktop Environment
> 
> Logout to see new menu in "Sessions"
> 
> To remove a desktop, just remove the 
> /usr/share/xsessions/<CORRECT-ONE>.desktop.
> 
> To remove the desktop completely e.g. Gnome desktop manager
> 
> rpm -e gdm
> 
> /etc/gdm/Xsession has the list of options, but not sure whether this is 
> only for when .xsessions doesn't
> exist in the home directory.
> 
> John.
> 
>