On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 23:56:39 -0400 Robert McBroom via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fedora 36 booting mode 3 to a command line boot, the switchdesk entry > Plasma doesn't do anything. I can switch from the default Gnome to > xfce and back. The LXDE desktop is not there at all. Getting a xterm > with xinit and all the desktop sessions can be started. Booting with > a display manager has an entry for Plasma(X11) that works, but none > for LXDE. The gui for switchdesk does not show Plasma or LXDE. What > needs to be done to get these functions back? It seems that latest switchdesk Name : switchdesk Version : 5.0.1 Release : 13.fc37 Architecture: noarch doesn't have either of those available. switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.enlightenment switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.fluxbox switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.fvwm switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.gnome switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.icewm switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.kde switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.toplevel switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.twm switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.wmaker switchdesk /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.xfce But, when I start it in a console, or in X, it indicates that plasma is available. That must be in the kde entry above, though maybe it says plasma when it means the wayland version instead of the x11 version. A manual workaround, is: For LXDE, put #! /usr/bin/bash exec startlxde in a file ~/.Xclients and then run startx to run LXDE. And for plasma, replace startlxde with startplasma-x11. I haven't looked at the source for switchdesk, but it shouldn't be too difficult to patch it to add startlxde, or even startplasma-x11. Just duplicate what is done for xfce. I notice that both mate and cinnamon are also missing from the list above. Seems switchdesk needs some love. I don't use a greeter / desktop manager so I'm not sure, but I think if the desktop is installed, they should all have the ability to switch to that desktop available. Have you tried a different desktop manager? As I say, I'm not familiar, but others have mentioned sddm or lightdm. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
