desktop b0rken: was Re: X not working on precise

[Liam Proven]

On 13 September 2012 14:49, Dave Howorth <dhoworth at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>>> Another thing the upgrade has broken is the desktop. I was using lxdm
>>> and lxde. I now see a different login screen (presumably lightdm?) that
>>> doesn't appear to have any method to select desktop session type and
>>> that logs me into something that says "Ubuntu Desktop". I don't know
>>> what that is (though I have my suspicions) but it definitely isn't lxde :(
>>>
>>> So, grr grr grr, why has the upgrade broken my desktop! And I suppose
>>> I'll have to start googling for ways to fix that now unless some kind
>>> soul can point me in the right direction?
>>
>> Sounds to me like you should be running Lubuntu, not Ubuntu.
>
> Well I was happily running Ubuntu with LXDE. Is that now not permitted
> by the thought police?
>
> I found an article that suggested using "sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm".
> I did that and chose lxdm, but now I've logged out it appears to still
> be running lightdm. I guess a reboot is worth a punt but really I would
> have expected dpkg-reconfigure to handle reconfiguring packages!

You installed the Unity-based version, you get Unity.

Did you originally install the vanilla GNOME Ubuntu and manually add
LXDE? Then you were not running LXDE-based Ubuntu but plain Ubuntu and
that is what you got when you upgraded.

Also, lightdm does indeed allow you to change desktop, as Avi has
explained. You will probably find that you also have an upgraded LXDE
available as well.

But if you don't want the GNOME or Unity desktop, then you should not
be running the version of the distro that comes with a GNOME or Unity
desktop, because when you upgrade it, it is still going to be the
version with the GNOME/Unity desktop!

It can't read your mind. If you are running the standard version, then
that is what you are going to get. If you don't want it, don't run it,
run the version that has the desktop you want. This is not rocket
science!


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