Trying to open Different Flavors was Running Gnome or Mate or other desktops

[Nils Kassube]

Dick Barmann wrote:
> On 08/12/2016 03:35 PM, Dick Barmann wrote:
> > I am using Kubuntu 16.04  64Bit . Because I was unable to install
> > Ubuntu 16.04  64*Bit* I was advised to use xelian/gnome or unity. I
> > may have spelled xelian wrong.
> > 
> > I thought that the different files would show up in the startup
> > login
> > screen like in earlier versions. (a drop down on the bottom left of
> > the log in band) I installed them with Symantic so I feel they are
> > loaded correctly.

> > I am using the Breeze login screen. The picture in system settings
> > show the screen with the drop down menu to pick which flavor  of
> > desktop Iwant to run. It has something to do with SDDMI believe. I
> > know in earlier versions I could switch from ubuntu to Kubuntu or
> > plasma. I may not be explaining this  so that it makes sense.

If the new flavours don't show up in the selection, you may have 
installed them incomplete. You should install the *-desktop packages for 
the flavours you want to install. For the three flavours you mentioned 
in a previous mail, that would be 

ubuntu-mate-desktop
ubuntu-gnome-desktop
lubuntu-desktop

To verify that it works, I just installed lubuntu-desktop and at the 
sddm login screen I could select the several new session types (lubuntu, 
lubuntu netbook, lxde, openbox) in the way you described above.


Nils