Replace Gnome with LXDE in fedora 17

yum groupremove 'GNOME Desktop Environment'

yum groupinstall XFCE

yum groupinstall LXDE


create the file with a editor

/etc/sysconfig/desktop


DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/lxdm

PREFERRED=/usr/bin/startlxde


and reboot



to enable vnc session for remote users

/bin/su username -c "/usr/bin/vncserver :1 -geometry 1440x900"




also it can be added in the rc.local so they will be enabled at server startup


/bin/su username2 -c "/usr/bin/vncserver :2 -geometry 1440x900"

/bin/su username3 -c "/usr/bin/vncserver :3 -geometry 1440x900"

How do I change the default runlevel?

systemd uses symlinks to point to the default runlevel. You have to delete the existing symlink first before creating a new one rm /etc/systemd/system/default.target



Switch to runlevel 3 by default ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target



Switch to runlevel 5 by default ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target