Switching a newly-installed PC from Gnome to XFCE?

[Ari Becker]

If you don't want to use GNOME then you should remove the GNOME and GDM
packages.

Try installing SLiM instead as a login manager for XFCE.
Decent<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SLiM>
 introductions <http://slim.berlios.de/index.php> are available, as is
the Debian
package information <http://packages.debian.org/sid/slim>. Just remember to
edit your /etc/inittab appropriately, i.e. make sure you boot to run-level 5
and load slim:

x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null (copy-pasted from Slim
documentation).

so that you don't install slim and end up booting gdm anyways.

-Ari Becker

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Omer Zak <w1 at zak.co.il> wrote:

> I made a new installation of Debian Squeeze.
> Debian installer, by default, installed Gnome.
> I would like to economize on RAM usage, so I installed the packages of
> XFCE.
>
> However, after installation, I see in gdm's login screen no way to
> switch desktops from Gnome to another desktop (such as KDE or XFCE).  I
> remember that there used to be such a dialog in the past.
>
> Currently, in the new installation, the gdm login screen has buttons
> only for shutdown options and for turning on accessibility provisions.
>
> Can anyone please remind how to access the desktop switching dialog from
> gdm's login screen (if possible at all)?
> Which additional package/s do I need to install to get this dialog?
>
> Thanks,
> --- Omer Zak
>
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