On Tuesday 24 November 2015 02:27:58 Tim wrote:
Tim:
>> If I install two or more different desktops, which display manager
>> should it enable by default, then? Does it ask you that question?
Allegedly, on or about 23 November 2015, Paul Cartwright sent:
> I switched from GDM to lightdm because I use mate and enlightenment.
> They seem to like lightdm better.. It is easy to switch between them
> using systemctl . Enable/disable.. I found the answer by googling
> "how-to change GDM to lightdm" ..
That wasn't the point of my question, though. Another person made a
point that Ubuntu made it easier to install more than display manager.
I was asking whether it also made it easier to use a particular one.
Unless it asked you which one to use, as you installed more than one,
then it doesn't really make it any easier. You're still faced with the
same problem - manually selecting the one you want, afterwards.
I must be missing the point here, but I have always found that after
installing multiple desktops and leaving gdm as the login manager, when you
are asked for the password on login there is a little gear cog icon which if
you click on brings up a menu of the different desktops you have installed -
for instance I have CDE, GNOME, KDE .....
However, I am running FC21, but as I say this gdm feature has been around for
as long as I can remember.
Andy