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Aerodyne

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Registered: 2005-07-25

Posts: 43

XFCE & SLiM... DE not starting!

Hi all,

I've installed both XFCE & SLiM but did not configure SLiM to use XFCE! (how do you do that?)
SLiM loads from rc.conf in Daemons section.

Now the problem is I can't log in to my machine; that is XFCE will not load... I just get the SLiM splash screen, enter my usr & pwd and nothing happens!

How do I fix this?  And get to the command prompt?

Thanks

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: XFCE & SLiM... DE not starting!

ctrl-alt-f2?

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Aerodyne

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Registered: 2005-07-25

Posts: 43

Re: XFCE & SLiM... DE not starting!

ctrl-alt-f2?

Excellent, thanks

Now how do I configure SLiM to load XFCE?

Thanks

Last edited by Aerodyne (2007-05-16 16:23:28)

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: XFCE & SLiM... DE not starting!

It just loads your ~/.xsession, the same way that xdm does.

You might look at ~/.xsession-errors and see if anything complained.

Mhyrraner

Member

From: South Germany

Registered: 2007-02-14

Posts: 33

Re: XFCE & SLiM... DE not starting!

if you want to choose your wm, your ~/.xinitrc would look similar to that:

#!/bin/bash
case $1 in

xfce4)
#lxpanel &    
exec xfce4-session  
    ;;

e17)
    exec /opt/e17/bin/enlightenment_start
    ;;

metisse)

Xmetisse -ac -depth 16 -geometry 1024x768 :1 & 
metisse-start-fvwm &
xterm
killall Xmetisse
;;

*)
#lxpanel &
exec xfce4-session
    ;;
esac

you would have to mention your sessions in slim.conf:

 sessions            xfce4,e17,metisse

first session is default i think...

Last edited by Mhyrraner (2007-05-16 17:33:12)

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: XFCE & SLiM... DE not starting!

I'm not sure if I modified anything else in /etc/slim.conf, but I think the main part was to put 'xfce4' first in 'sessions'.

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Origynet

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From: France - Cannes

Registered: 2007-05-03

Posts: 101

Re: XFCE & SLiM... DE not starting!

I, personnally did not touch the /etc/slim.conf file. I just added "exec xfce4-session" in ~/.xinitrc and Slim launched Xfce properly...

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Aerodyne

Member

Registered: 2005-07-25

Posts: 43

Re: XFCE & SLiM... DE not starting!

Thanks all