Which file configures the desktop envionments that are available to log into on my system?
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Where can I find all the desktop environments I can log into (which appear to choose from at login)?
I mean, where are these login options configured for Ubuntu to know the names for each desktop environment? I want to be able to investigate their configuration files/process names etc.
18.04 login desktop-environments
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Where can I find all the desktop environments I can log into (which appear to choose from at login)?
I mean, where are these login options configured for Ubuntu to know the names for each desktop environment? I want to be able to investigate their configuration files/process names etc.
18.04 login desktop-environments
edited 5 hours ago
Zanna
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I find the question quite confusing because it contains more than one issue. This site prefers addressing single issues per question.
– DK Bose
2 days ago
Sorry, I am editing.
– Genom
2 days ago
What do you want to know? What you mean with "what is what"? Question is decidedly unclear. Different things are to be found on different places in your system, so you will need to be more specific and perhaps tell us about the real problem you want to solve.
– vanadium
yesterday
@vanadium I first mentioned my initial problem, which is login loop with "Ubuntu" desktop environment (DE). See DK Bose's comment on that. So I edited. I realized that I don't know what "Ubuntu" DE is. Is it GNOME (with 18.04) or Unity (16.04) or actually a "Ubuntu" DE? To find it out (and there are more DEs available at login), I can look into a config file, where they are mentioned/listed. What does that label "Ubuntu" stand for? I did some research and couldn't find, where on Ubuntu all DEs are listed. Because, I expect that every label is linked to a specific comm./proc.
– Genom
yesterday
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Where can I find all the desktop environments I can log into (which appear to choose from at login)?
I mean, where are these login options configured for Ubuntu to know the names for each desktop environment? I want to be able to investigate their configuration files/process names etc.
18.04 login desktop-environments
edited 5 hours ago
Zanna
50.5k13133241
asked 2 days ago
GenomGenom
607
Where can I find all the desktop environments I can log into (which appear to choose from at login)?
I mean, where are these login options configured for Ubuntu to know the names for each desktop environment? I want to be able to investigate their configuration files/process names etc.
18.04 login desktop-environments
18.04 login desktop-environments
edited 5 hours ago
Zanna
50.5k13133241
asked 2 days ago
GenomGenom
607
edited 5 hours ago
Zanna
50.5k13133241
asked 2 days ago
GenomGenom
607
edited 5 hours ago
Zanna
50.5k13133241
edited 5 hours ago
Zanna
50.5k13133241
edited 5 hours ago
Zanna
50.5k13133241
50.5k13133241
asked 2 days ago
GenomGenom
607
asked 2 days ago
GenomGenom
607
asked 2 days ago
GenomGenom
607
607
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I find the question quite confusing because it contains more than one issue. This site prefers addressing single issues per question.
– DK Bose
2 days ago
Sorry, I am editing.
– Genom
2 days ago
What do you want to know? What you mean with "what is what"? Question is decidedly unclear. Different things are to be found on different places in your system, so you will need to be more specific and perhaps tell us about the real problem you want to solve.
– vanadium
yesterday
@vanadium I first mentioned my initial problem, which is login loop with "Ubuntu" desktop environment (DE). See DK Bose's comment on that. So I edited. I realized that I don't know what "Ubuntu" DE is. Is it GNOME (with 18.04) or Unity (16.04) or actually a "Ubuntu" DE? To find it out (and there are more DEs available at login), I can look into a config file, where they are mentioned/listed. What does that label "Ubuntu" stand for? I did some research and couldn't find, where on Ubuntu all DEs are listed. Because, I expect that every label is linked to a specific comm./proc.
– Genom
yesterday
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I find the question quite confusing because it contains more than one issue. This site prefers addressing single issues per question.
– DK Bose
2 days ago
Sorry, I am editing.
– Genom
2 days ago
What do you want to know? What you mean with "what is what"? Question is decidedly unclear. Different things are to be found on different places in your system, so you will need to be more specific and perhaps tell us about the real problem you want to solve.
– vanadium
yesterday
@vanadium I first mentioned my initial problem, which is login loop with "Ubuntu" desktop environment (DE). See DK Bose's comment on that. So I edited. I realized that I don't know what "Ubuntu" DE is. Is it GNOME (with 18.04) or Unity (16.04) or actually a "Ubuntu" DE? To find it out (and there are more DEs available at login), I can look into a config file, where they are mentioned/listed. What does that label "Ubuntu" stand for? I did some research and couldn't find, where on Ubuntu all DEs are listed. Because, I expect that every label is linked to a specific comm./proc.
– Genom
yesterday
1
1
I find the question quite confusing because it contains more than one issue. This site prefers addressing single issues per question.
– DK Bose
2 days ago
I find the question quite confusing because it contains more than one issue. This site prefers addressing single issues per question.
– DK Bose
2 days ago
Sorry, I am editing.
– Genom
2 days ago
Sorry, I am editing.
– Genom
2 days ago
What do you want to know? What you mean with "what is what"? Question is decidedly unclear. Different things are to be found on different places in your system, so you will need to be more specific and perhaps tell us about the real problem you want to solve.
– vanadium
yesterday
What do you want to know? What you mean with "what is what"? Question is decidedly unclear. Different things are to be found on different places in your system, so you will need to be more specific and perhaps tell us about the real problem you want to solve.
– vanadium
yesterday
@vanadium I first mentioned my initial problem, which is login loop with "Ubuntu" desktop environment (DE). See DK Bose's comment on that. So I edited. I realized that I don't know what "Ubuntu" DE is. Is it GNOME (with 18.04) or Unity (16.04) or actually a "Ubuntu" DE? To find it out (and there are more DEs available at login), I can look into a config file, where they are mentioned/listed. What does that label "Ubuntu" stand for? I did some research and couldn't find, where on Ubuntu all DEs are listed. Because, I expect that every label is linked to a specific comm./proc.
– Genom
yesterday
@vanadium I first mentioned my initial problem, which is login loop with "Ubuntu" desktop environment (DE). See DK Bose's comment on that. So I edited. I realized that I don't know what "Ubuntu" DE is. Is it GNOME (with 18.04) or Unity (16.04) or actually a "Ubuntu" DE? To find it out (and there are more DEs available at login), I can look into a config file, where they are mentioned/listed. What does that label "Ubuntu" stand for? I did some research and couldn't find, where on Ubuntu all DEs are listed. Because, I expect that every label is linked to a specific comm./proc.
– Genom
yesterday
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If you have Ubuntu 16.04 (and possibly others as well), the list of sessions/login options will be in the directory /usr/share/xsessions/ (one file per option).
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Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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If you have Ubuntu 16.04 (and possibly others as well), the list of sessions/login options will be in the directory /usr/share/xsessions/ (one file per option).
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If you have Ubuntu 16.04 (and possibly others as well), the list of sessions/login options will be in the directory /usr/share/xsessions/ (one file per option).
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If you have Ubuntu 16.04 (and possibly others as well), the list of sessions/login options will be in the directory /usr/share/xsessions/ (one file per option).
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If you have Ubuntu 16.04 (and possibly others as well), the list of sessions/login options will be in the directory /usr/share/xsessions/ (one file per option).
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Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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I find the question quite confusing because it contains more than one issue. This site prefers addressing single issues per question.
– DK Bose
2 days ago
Sorry, I am editing.
– Genom
2 days ago
What do you want to know? What you mean with "what is what"? Question is decidedly unclear. Different things are to be found on different places in your system, so you will need to be more specific and perhaps tell us about the real problem you want to solve.
– vanadium
yesterday
@vanadium I first mentioned my initial problem, which is login loop with "Ubuntu" desktop environment (DE). See DK Bose's comment on that. So I edited. I realized that I don't know what "Ubuntu" DE is. Is it GNOME (with 18.04) or Unity (16.04) or actually a "Ubuntu" DE? To find it out (and there are more DEs available at login), I can look into a config file, where they are mentioned/listed. What does that label "Ubuntu" stand for? I did some research and couldn't find, where on Ubuntu all DEs are listed. Because, I expect that every label is linked to a specific comm./proc.
– Genom
yesterday