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** Description changed:

  Maybe I'm not seeing it, but there doesn't seem to be a graphical way to
  set the default desktop environment. If I set login automatically, and I
  want to use Unity 2D I need to log out of Unity and log back in using
  Unity 2D. I would suggest that the "User Account" set the preferred
  desktop for each user. Not sure if this would be able to support LightDM
  and GDM, KDM, XDM etc.
+ 
+ Currently, I find that the community lacks in knowledge about LightDM
+ and how to configure it.
+ 
+ Let's just say that I can't instruct someone who is frightened by CLI to
+ edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf to read the following:
+ 
+ [SeatDefaults]
+ greeter-session=unity-greeter
+ user-session=ubuntu-2d
+ autologin-user=confusedgrandmother
+ 
+ of yourse, you can always change the user-session=ubuntu-2d line to read
+ another default desktop  environment (for the system, not per user). The
+ environments are listed in /usr/share/xsessions/ - just remember to
+ remove .desktop suffix.
+ 
+ gnome
+ gnome-shell
+ kde-plasma
+ Lubuntu
+ Lubuntu-Netbook
+ LXDE
+ openbox
+ openbox-gnome
+ openbox-kde
+ openbox.xsession
+ ubuntu-2d
+ ubuntu
+ xfce
+ xubuntu
  
  We've come a long way from gdm-setup.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Sep  4 09:58:51 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110817)
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (7 days ago)

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Title:
  System Settings should include a way to change default Desktop
  Environment

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Maybe I'm not seeing it, but there doesn't seem to be a graphical way
  to set the default desktop environment. If I set login automatically,
  and I want to use Unity 2D I need to log out of Unity and log back in
  using Unity 2D. I would suggest that the "User Account" set the
  preferred desktop for each user. Not sure if this would be able to
  support LightDM and GDM, KDM, XDM etc.

  Currently, I find that the community lacks in knowledge about LightDM
  and how to configure it.

  Let's just say that I can't instruct someone who is frightened by CLI
  to edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf to read the following:

  [SeatDefaults]
  greeter-session=unity-greeter
  user-session=ubuntu-2d
  autologin-user=confusedgrandmother

  of yourse, you can always change the user-session=ubuntu-2d line to
  read another default desktop  environment (for the system, not per
  user). The environments are listed in /usr/share/xsessions/ - just
  remember to remove .desktop suffix.

  gnome
  gnome-shell
  kde-plasma
  Lubuntu
  Lubuntu-Netbook
  LXDE
  openbox
  openbox-gnome
  openbox-kde
  openbox.xsession
  ubuntu-2d
  ubuntu
  xfce
  xubuntu

  We've come a long way from gdm-setup.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Sep  4 09:58:51 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110817)
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (7 days ago)

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