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Tim Post
Asked: 2010-07-29 11:24:41 +0800 CST

How do I go back to KDE splash / login after installing XFCE?

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I started with Ubuntu Karmic, and wanted to try KDE. So I installed kubuntu-desktop. Then I wanted to see how XFCE progressed, so I installed xfce4. I now have Kubuntu with an XFCE splash and login.

How do I (safely) purge XFCE and just have the Kubuntu splash / login screen, or am I stuck with frank-en-buntu?

plymouth kde login-screen

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    splash screen is configured by the alternatives system... you can get a list of available plymouth themes by doing: update-alternatives --list default.plymouth

    You can then change the current plymouth theme by doing sudo update-alternatives --set default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/kubuntu-logo/kubuntu-logo.plymouth

    The alternative way of getting Kubuntu splash it to remove package xubuntu-plymouth-theme.

    To change the login screen you can either run sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm and choose kdm as mentioned in another comment or remove gdm which should set kdm as default display manager.

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  2. You can just switch back the display manager to use kdm using 

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

    and then selecting kdm.

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  3. From a terminal:

    sudo apt-get remove xfce4
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  4. Also after you remove xfce and all other apps, reinstall ubuntu-desktop to make sure you get everything back

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