Something went wrong while switching DE

ekiim · 2014-09-04 01:31:29

Hello
I had GNOME3, quite a few time, then last night, i installed XFCE4, and i decide to use only XFCE, so i removed GNOME3... and when i rebooted, i have an error on TTY1, i can switch to TTy2, use another terminal, with no problem...
Well is no error like, its just like a malfunction... turns out i didnt stop or deactivate, the services that makes gnome start up, on boot as default, and didnt enable the ones for xfce, i google'd it but i didnt find anything clear about it.
Any help ?

(by the way, the "error", is the GNOME log in screen with now graphic, the layout is there, and i can click, but no text, imgs, or anything, even if i click, nothing happens)

ewaller · 2014-09-04 01:53:52

From one of the other consoles, log in, and disable the gdm service using systemctl (using sudo)

ekiim · 2014-09-04 02:39:40

Then i just enable the xfce ?

ewaller · 2014-09-04 03:20:57

Well, that is a tough question to answer.

Xfce does not have a Display Manager like Gnome or KDE. Many (Most?) of us here don't use any display manager. We log in from the console and use startx. If you want to use one, you can set one up. I kind of like Slim. But, try it from the console.

Create a ~/.xinitrc that looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice

This is taken straight from /etc/skel/.xinitrc. Just copy that file to your home directory and uncomment exec startxfce4. After you save it, just run startx. If you find you don't like starting xfce4 this way, install slim. It should work with this .xinitrc just as it is written.

Last edited by ewaller (2014-09-04 03:29:58)

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#1 2014-09-04 01:31:29

Something went wrong while switching DE

#2 2014-09-04 01:53:52

Re: Something went wrong while switching DE

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