On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:12:42AM -0400, Ben Steeves wrote: > I want to run XFCE as my default environment, but it doesn't seem to > "stick". GDM says I need to use "switchdesk" to change my default Switchdesk will create 2 files in your home directory .Xclients and .Xclients-default. So just put 'exec startxfce4' (without quotes) in .Xclients-default and change your startup session to 'Default' in GDM/switchdesk and you should be good to go.