Selecting a session by the sddm greater - Was: Trying to open Different Flavors

[Dick Barmann]

On 08/13/2016 10:30 AM, Dick Barmann wrote:
>
> On 08/13/2016 04:38 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:23:05 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>>> But it doesn't, apparently, work, so the question remains, what
>>> *exactly* did he install?
>> Perhaps he should post the output of a third command:
>>
>>    dpkg -l *unity* *xfce4* *lxde* *mate* *gnome* *cinnamon* *sddm*|grep ii
>>
>> the other commands are still
>>
>>    ls -l /usr/share/xsessions/
>>
>> and
>>
>>    grep SessionDir /etc/sddm.conf
>>
>> Please format it human readable, perhaps you should redirect the output
>> of the first command and attach the file.
>>
>>    dpkg -l *unity* *xfce4* *lxde* *mate* *gnome* *cinnamon* *sddm*|grep ii >/tmp/dpkg.txt
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
>>
>> dick at dick-desktop:~$ ls -l /usr/share/xsessions/
>> total 36
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  236 Feb 10  2016 gnome-classic.desktop
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  207 May 18 04:35 gnome.desktop
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  157 Apr 11 02:08 Lubuntu.desktop
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  165 Apr 11 02:08 Lubuntu-Netbook.desktop
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507 Feb 27 09:07 LXDE.desktop
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6915 Apr 11 08:52 mate.desktop
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  198 Oct 14  2015 openbox.desktop
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2109 Apr 15 02:18 plasma.desktop
>> dick at dick-desktop:~$ grep SessionDir /etc/sddm.conf
>> dick at dick-desktop:~$ dpkg -l LXDE |grep ii >/tmp/dpkg.txt
>> dpkg-query: no packages found matching LXDE
>> dick at dick-desktop:~$ dpkg -l lxde |grep ii >/tmp/dpkg.txt
> ii  lxde           7ubuntu1     all          Metapackage for LXDE
> Does this help? Sorry it took so long but plasma kept crashing. It has
> stopped now.
> Thanks
> Dick
>
> I can go in the regular menu/system and find "Ubuntu Mate Software Boutique" or "Lubuntu Software Center" but no desktop
Dick