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I have Arch linux installed on my PC. There are two users and I want to configure LightDM than when first user login Awesome WM starts and when the second user login LXQt starts. I don't want that each user had to change DE manualy. Is it possible?

Login means ordinary login via LightDM-GTK-Greeter.

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  • I know that there is ~/.dmrc file wich has last session type. Maybe greeter can use that file? – Kuznets Jul 08 '17 at 16:21
  • Looked at [this question](https://superuser.com/questions/685970/how-to-set-a-default-desktop-environment-at-system-start)? – xenoid Jul 08 '17 at 17:43
  • @xenoid, thanks, I have tried to change ~/.dmrc file, but it doesn'r work. – Kuznets Jul 08 '17 at 21:38

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I have found a solution here.

So for my case, I created a new xsession file:

/usr/share/xsessions/smart_de.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/share/startDE.sh 
Name=Smart DE change
Comment=Awesome for user1 and LXQt for others

and a script that launches a special DE for each user:

/usr/share/startDE.sh 

#!/bin/bash
if [ "$USER" = "user1" ]; then
        exec awesome
else
        exec startlxqt
fi
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