shantiq
April 13th, 2013, 05:57 PM
I have 13.04 installed with gnome-fallback (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2113480&p=12601506#post12601506)
and writing in the poll thread linked above i thought why not try another one; so have installed Mate (http://www.itworld.com/software/351107/install-mate-16-desktop-ubuntu-1304) and that went fine
Now my question is how do i pick it at startup [no options are given me at any point]
I recall having written /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop
[Desktop Entry]Type=Application
Name=GNOME Settings Daemon
Exec=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
NoDisplay=true
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true
X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-settings-daemon
so that it would pick gnome-fallback each time automatically; now i see this page here (http://blog.lifebloodnetworks.com/?p=1253) shows how to fix it so Mate is the choice
thus
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Mate Settings Daemon
Exec=/usr/bin/mate-settings-daemon
OnlyShowIn=MATE;
NoDisplay=true
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true
X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
But i do not want fixed Mate; i just want the option to try it out and probably will return to my current setup unless it is amazing
now fiddling with /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop
can be a dicey business i am sure
so please what do i need to write in the file to be given a choice at startup?
Please only replies from folks who really know about this
PS if there is another route not with /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop will be glad to hear about that too
and writing in the poll thread linked above i thought why not try another one; so have installed Mate (http://www.itworld.com/software/351107/install-mate-16-desktop-ubuntu-1304) and that went fine
Now my question is how do i pick it at startup [no options are given me at any point]
I recall having written /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop
[Desktop Entry]Type=Application
Name=GNOME Settings Daemon
Exec=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
NoDisplay=true
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true
X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-settings-daemon
so that it would pick gnome-fallback each time automatically; now i see this page here (http://blog.lifebloodnetworks.com/?p=1253) shows how to fix it so Mate is the choice
thus
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Mate Settings Daemon
Exec=/usr/bin/mate-settings-daemon
OnlyShowIn=MATE;
NoDisplay=true
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true
X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
But i do not want fixed Mate; i just want the option to try it out and probably will return to my current setup unless it is amazing
now fiddling with /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop
can be a dicey business i am sure
so please what do i need to write in the file to be given a choice at startup?
Please only replies from folks who really know about this
PS if there is another route not with /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop will be glad to hear about that too