Well if there's no autologin the user can choose the default desktop to there's no reason to add this option.

CC: (none) => balcaen.john

I see a point here, adding a DESKTOP= line to /etc/sysconfig/desktop would set session that's selected by default for new user accounts, e.g.
DESKTOP=Openbox

will make the user get logged into Openbox when he logs in for the first time.

drakboot adds that line only when configuring autologin.

Source RPM: (none) => drakxtools

I don't see the point.
Either user is a newbie and just have the only desktop choosen at install time or (s)he is a more advanced user who knows about desktops and actually manually choose several desktops and thus know either how to choose one and/or how to enable autologin

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud
Summary: MCC does not leave the choice of desktop => drakboot only offer to choosee of desktop when enabling autologin

(In reply to comment #3)
> I don't see the point.
> Either user is a newbie and just have the only desktop choosen at install time
> or (s)he is a more advanced user who knows about desktops and actually manually
> choose several desktops and thus know either how to choose one and/or how to
> enable autologin

Vu sous cet angle, la question de l'intérêt se pose effectivement.

Ce qui m'a motivé à faire cette suggestion vient du fait que, actuellement (et c'est pire encore chez Mandriva), Xfce n'a pas la place qu'il mérite, chez Mageia.
Pour moi, l'environnement Xfce est un excellent compromis entre réactivité du système (surtout avec des ordinateurs un peu anciens) et ergonomie. Je trouve que la solution Lxde n'est pas suffisante.
Actuellement, il n'est pas possible d'installer l'environnement Xfce (et rien que lui) lors de l'installation de Mageia.

Après bon nombre d'essais, j'ai trouvé une solution relativement simple (mais tout est relatif) :
- dans un premier temps, installer uniquement le serveur X, le bureau IceWM-ligth, avec MCC.
(sans les paquetages suggérés).
- dans un deuxième temps, installer task-xfce et les applications souhaitées ET  UN DM LÃGER.

Mais la première étape reste à être corrigée par Mageia. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi drakx installe KDM (avec une bonne centaine de paquetages inutiles), alors que KDM n'a rien de commun avec Gtk.
(voir rapport #609).

Si le #609 est traité, cette suggestion 1288 n'a plus d'intérêt.

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From this perspective, the question of interest actually arises.

What motivated me to make this suggestion is that, currently (and worse
in Mandriva), Xfce is not the place it deserves among Mageia.
For me, the Xfce environment is an excellent compromise between system responsiveness (especially with computers a bit old) and ergonomics. I think the solution is not sufficient LXDE.
Currently, it is not possible to install Xfce environment (and only him) when installing Mageia.

Apra ¨ s many trials, I found a relatively simple (but everything is relative):
- Initially, only install the X server, the IceWM desktop-ligth with MCC.
(without the package suggests).
- A second time, install task-xfce and the desired application LIGHT AND DM.

But the premiere Step remains to be corrected by Mageia. I do not understand why DrakX install KDM (with a hundred unnecessary packages), while KDM has nothing to do with Gtk.
(see report # 609).

If the # 609 © is treated, this suggestion has no interest in 1288.

#609 is fixed, so this one can also closed, I think.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => lists.jjorge
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX

This improvement is still desirable: to facilitate the choice of display manager.
But this is not a priority.