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Livesystem based on FreeBSD
http://nomadbsd.org
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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How to properly configure a Xfce or Lumina session? #71

Closed probonopd closed 3 years ago

probonopd commented 4 years ago

How would one go about properly installing and configuring a Xfce or Lumina session including a session manager and autologin? One should be able to select, from the login screen (if autologin is disabled or the user manually logged out of the session) to choose another desktop environment.

The current way in which NomadBSD hardcodes things like openbox-session in ~/.xinitrc seems a bit hackish to me. Isn't one supposed to use /etc/... and a login manager for system-wide configuration like that?

probonopd commented 4 years ago

One reason I am asking is because I totally need icons on the desktop, and openbox-session doesn't give me that:

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a-bateman commented 3 years ago

After installing xfce comment out line 55 of ~/.xinit.rc to start xfce. Also make sure you comment out line 68 to prevent openbox from running.

probonopd commented 3 years ago

Thank you. I have since been working on helloSystem (including a desktop that shows icons on the desktop), so I am closing this ticket.