A week ago I checked out the alternative desktops and decided that my original desktop, Gnome 3, was, and still is my preference. Each time I logged out and used the different desktops for a few days. After I had tried them all, including Cinnamon, whenever I boot or reboot my computer it never boots into Gnome 3. I have to log out and then log back in to get Gnome 3.
Question; How do I fix it so that when I boot / reboot my computer knows I wish to boot into Gnome 3? I guess my experimenting has changed the boot preferences and some script in whatever file tells the computer which desktop environment is / was my default ... please help?
gael.
Linux Mint 12 (Lisa).
How to set desktop environment?
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How to set desktop environment?
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Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon
Saor Alba Gu Brath
Saor Alba Gu Brath
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misfitplanet
Re: How to set desktop environment?
At the log in prompt, where you choose your desktop, whatever is chose for the last session becomes the default next time you log in. This has been my experience. It sounds logical that you're by default doing this, but I just thought to point it out.
I would research this well before trying anything. I'm not sure if you can get totatlly locked our or not, but sinces it's connected to logging in I would be careful what you try. Maybe experience with a Live Mint CD. Make changes, then log out, then back in.
This may get you going in the right direction:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/62833/ho ... uto-logins
I would research this well before trying anything. I'm not sure if you can get totatlly locked our or not, but sinces it's connected to logging in I would be careful what you try. Maybe experience with a Live Mint CD. Make changes, then log out, then back in.
This may get you going in the right direction:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/62833/ho ... uto-logins
Re: How to set desktop environment?
Oscar,
I checked my login setting using (sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf) and found that my login users name was different than the original users name I use. I checked the System Settings - User Accounts and found that while setting up VirtualBox a couple of weeks ago, I had inadvertently added another account and forgotten about it. I removed the second (false) account, rebooted and all is back to normal ... WooHoo!
Many thanks,
gael.
I checked my login setting using (sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf) and found that my login users name was different than the original users name I use. I checked the System Settings - User Accounts and found that while setting up VirtualBox a couple of weeks ago, I had inadvertently added another account and forgotten about it. I removed the second (false) account, rebooted and all is back to normal ... WooHoo!
Many thanks,
gael.
Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon
Saor Alba Gu Brath
Saor Alba Gu Brath