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Rafael
Rafael

Reputation: 133

How to change default Window Manager for XRDP

I don't know if this question makes any sense, but here it's the problem:

I have a virtual Debian machine that I only use terminal. Most of the time, I'm using it via ssh.

I installed gparted to manage some disk, so I had to install xorg, lightdm and fluxbox. It was working great with rdp from Windows. I then decided to install cinnamon, but found it too heavy for my virtual machine. I uninstaled cinnamon, but now when I try to connect it, it says that cinnamon was not found. How do I set fluxbox as default?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 12791

Answers (1)

Giacomo Catenazzi
Giacomo Catenazzi

Reputation: 9523

The simple case, which is not your case, it is to use a display manager: it is the program which handles the graphical logic, and it starts the windows manager/desktop environment (and it is configurable).

Because you do not have a WM, you should use the old way: you can change the default VM:

update-alternatives --config x-window-manager

or you reinstall the windows manager (so it can set itself as default), or just reconfiguring it (dpkg-reconfigure -plow fluxbox)

You may want also to change your .xinitrc, e.g. like in https://wiki.debian.org/FluxBox#From_Commandline.

As very last option: you may check also https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch07.en.html#_starting_the_x_window_system, to check the numerous files that are read at start of X, which could be modified by cinnamon (the user configuration side) or yourself. Starting x from console seems no more fashionable, so bugs can happen (and they can live undiscovered).

Upvotes: 1

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