>>> wrote:
>>> > I would like to set this as the default, but using runlevel 5 just
>>> > brings up
>>> > GDM by default and I have to select lxde every time. Anyone happen to
>>> > know
>>> > where you can can set this? it doesnt seem realted to prefdm, I tried
>>> > that
>>> > already.
>>>
>>> If you select LXDE from GDM then it should remember that setting. I
>>> can't tell for sure if you've done that with the limited information
>>> you've provided.
>>>
>>> I recently installed F10 on a low end laptop (P2 366MHz) w/ 128MB of
>>> ram. I'm using LXDE in combination with Slim (login manager). I
>>> probably should put put it in bugzilla but I created a lxde.switchdesk
>>> file (modified from the fluxbox one) so you can use switchdesk to
>>> change to LXDE. However, I found out the hard way that if you choose
>>> your desktop in GDM, switchdesk will have no effect.
>>
>> all switchdesk does is create a file with a WM setting, so if you type
>> startx to bring up X then it works. I mentioned that I had to select LXDE
>> every time from GDM so thats what I have been doing, in fact the whole
>> purpose of the message was to ask how to be able to stop doing that.
>
> That's got to be a configuration issue or a bug. Once you set it, it
> should stay that way. The lack of response is either because no one
> else is having the problem or the message subject doesn't catch
> anyone's interest. Might try reposting it as "GDM does not remember
> session selection" or something like that. You could try another
> desktop and see if it's remembered on restart or not which might help
> narrow down the scope of the problem.
>
> Richard