LXDE and XFCE on the same installation?

asked 2013-03-03 05:51:18 -0500

CdeMills
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updated 2014-09-30 06:44:50 -0500

mether
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Hello, I'm regulary stuck at Airports, so I wanted to try a battery-friendly desktop environment. I currently work on a Fedora18 XFCE desktop (Acer Aspire One). I've installed LXDE as yum install @lxde The idea being to choose XFCE when on AC power and LXDE when on battery. When both are installed, I can select the session at the login screen. But whatever I choose I get an icon "already connected" just under my user name, and the login process seems to stall. If I click on "Cancel", I may restart the process: session choice, password, but it stalls for both XFCE or LXDE choice. Is there some issue between both display managers ? Can a LXDE session be initiated by XFCE session manager ?

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CdeMills

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answered 2013-03-07 11:31:32 -0500

mether
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No. There aren't any issues. You can install them both and use them together just fine.

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answered 2013-03-07 11:38:31 -0500

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I've never seen the @ syntax, but try it this way:

sudo yum group install lxde

You can even have gnome, kde, lxde, and/or xfce (and others) on the same system. You select which one to use at the login screen.

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@ syntax works just fine and it is the same format as kickstart. Your command is just an alias for the same functionality and makes no difference at all.

mether ( 2013-03-07 15:13:07 -0500 )edit

Running either version of the command again will re-run the install, which may install a missing requirement. Also, log into a console with Ctrl-Alt-F3, and check the logs in /var/log. Either Xorg.0.log or "messages" should have error messages.

ThomasMcA ( 2013-03-07 15:19:13 -0500 )edit

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