In a new install of Centos 8, I installed the xfce4 packages from EPEL. Here's what dnf says I have [pauljohn32 at localhost ~]$ dnf list *xfce4* Last metadata expiration check: 0:25:19 ago Installed Packages libxfce4ui.x86_64 libxfce4ui-devel.x86_64 libxfce4util.x86_64 libxfce4util-devel.x86_64 xfce4-about.x86_64 xfce4-battery-plugin.x86_64 xfce4-panel.x86_64 xfce4-panel-devel.x86_64 xfce4-places-plugin.x86_64 xfce4-screenshooter.x86_64 xfce4-screenshooter-plugin.x86_64 xfce4-session.x86_64 xfce4-settings.x86_64 xfce4-systemload-plugin.x86_64 xfce4-terminal.x86_64 I log out and try to use XFCE4 at log in. I cannot find a way to choose it. I was guessing this would be like Centos 7. On the display manager, after I put in my user name, there is the little * by the password. When I do that, I see choices with names like Wayland Classic X11 but I don't see XFCE4 session or similar. I am guessing I missed an XFCE4 package from EPEL? pj -- Paul E. Johnson http://pj.freefaculty.org To write to me directly, please address me at pauljohn at ku.edu.
Orion Poplawski
2020-Jan-20 04:04 UTC
[CentOS] Centos 8: change desktop at display manager
On 1/19/20 12:21 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:> In a new install of Centos 8, I installed the xfce4 packages from EPEL. > Here's what dnf says I have > > [pauljohn32 at localhost ~]$ dnf list *xfce4* > Last metadata expiration check: 0:25:19 ago > Installed Packages > libxfce4ui.x86_64 > libxfce4ui-devel.x86_64 > libxfce4util.x86_64 > libxfce4util-devel.x86_64 > xfce4-about.x86_64 > xfce4-battery-plugin.x86_64 > xfce4-panel.x86_64 > xfce4-panel-devel.x86_64 > xfce4-places-plugin.x86_64 > xfce4-screenshooter.x86_64 > xfce4-screenshooter-plugin.x86_64 > xfce4-session.x86_64 > xfce4-settings.x86_64 > xfce4-systemload-plugin.x86_64 > xfce4-terminal.x86_64 > > I log out and try to use XFCE4 at log in. I cannot find a way to choose > it. I was guessing this would be like Centos 7. On the display manager, > after I put in my user name, there is the little * by the password. When I > do that, I see choices with names like > > Wayland > Classic > X11 > > but I don't see XFCE4 session or similar. > > I am guessing I missed an XFCE4 package from EPEL? > > pj > >What appears in that list is controlled by .desktop files dropped into /usr/share/xsessions. For XFCE this is: /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop provided by xfce4-session - which you have. So, I'm not sure what is up. Perhaps need a reboot? I presume this is with gdm? -- Orion Poplawski Manager of NWRA Technical Systems 720-772-5637 NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane orion at nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301 https://www.nwra.com/
On Sun, 19 Jan, 2020 at 13:21:28 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote:> In a new install of Centos 8, I installed the xfce4 packages from EPEL. > Here's what dnf says I have > > [pauljohn32 at localhost ~]$ dnf list *xfce4* > Last metadata expiration check: 0:25:19 ago > Installed Packages > libxfce4ui.x86_64 > libxfce4ui-devel.x86_64 > libxfce4util.x86_64 > libxfce4util-devel.x86_64 > xfce4-about.x86_64 > xfce4-battery-plugin.x86_64 > xfce4-panel.x86_64 > xfce4-panel-devel.x86_64 > xfce4-places-plugin.x86_64 > xfce4-screenshooter.x86_64 > xfce4-screenshooter-plugin.x86_64 > xfce4-session.x86_64 > xfce4-settings.x86_64 > xfce4-systemload-plugin.x86_64 > xfce4-terminal.x86_64 > > I log out and try to use XFCE4 at log in. I cannot find a way to choose > it. I was guessing this would be like Centos 7. On the display manager, > after I put in my user name, there is the little * by the password. When I > do that, I see choices with names like > > Wayland > Classic > X11 > > but I don't see XFCE4 session or similar. > > I am guessing I missed an XFCE4 package from EPEL? > > pj >Sometimes I find that I have to restart gdm in this situation.