> So I tried xfce via "yum groupinstall xfce"
>That seemed to complete without error
> not sure now, but I think gnome persisted even with reboots.
Joe Zeff responded:
Log out, then back in. When you log in, after you've selected
your username,
but before you give your password,
there's a drop-down box that's set to the last DE you used.
Change it from Gnome to XFCE and when you log in,
you'll be in Xfce the way you want.
I wish I'd known this before I fumbled my way through xfce.
I don't think I am getting that drop down box.
Current state:
It looks like the logouterror finally is no longer appearing.
But I don't know what combo of xfce new stuff did the trick.
I also did a kill on about 50-70 of those logout errors seen in ps aux
--stale code ?
However booting now does not start X:
the system just hangs with a black screen, blinking dash.
I can then get X via going to console,Ctrl-alt-F2,
which gives me a sign in prompt,
signing in as byers, and running startx.
this gets me back to graphical desktop.
It's only an extra step for the boot,
but I would like to know how to fix this.
I am assuming this problem was
somehow caused by my fumbling xfce install.
Is it sensible to try
yum groupremove xfce,
or maybe?:
groupremove_leaf_only xfce
then see if my system boots up with no need for 'startx',
back in gnome.
If that works, then redo
yum groupinstall xfce
?
Jack