Ok, Here is another question.
I am using RH 7.1 and gdm as my login manager.
I would much prefer to use kdm (since it gives me the ability to use images
for root and user)
My question is - How do I change login managers without reinstalling
everything ?
Thank You
Erle
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>Here is a shot in the dark since I do not run Debian...
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>check /etc/inittab or equivalent in Debian
>
>and change the run level to X then the next time your reboot GUI will
>start
>
>before you do that, make sure your have one of the Window / Session
>Managers installed.
>
>
>Kai
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>
>
>On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, A2L1 wrote:
>
>> First off for the record let me state I like using linux. That said now I
>> can ask my question. I prefer using a GUI --so stone me--I realize that no
>> linux guru uses a GUI, but then Im not claiming to be a guru, only a user
(
>> sounds like I need rehab huh?) anyway I have loaded Debian and sucessfully
I
>> might add but now I would prefer to start-up to a gui logon and not command
>> line.
>> Maybe I have become spoiled by Mandrake and SuSe but I really prefer to
have
>> a selection of window managers and to be able to select the desktop of my
>> choice at the time I log on. I like to change things up thats why I have
all
>> these diff distros loaded in the first place--I also prefer to select
>> desktops maybe a different one each time I log on. So I ask the
following---
>> How do I get debian to default to a gui at start-up and offer an option of
>> window-managers/desktops when I do?? (like SuSE and Mandrake --and most
other
>> rpm distros) The O'Reilly book Learning Debian GNU/Linux doesnt even offer
a
>> clue and I can find no FAQ or help for this. I do have Libranet and storm
etc
>> but have loaded Debian 2.2 potato which does NOT default to gui.
>> Ok ---now you may all throw stones and wipe the(laughing) tears from your
>> eyes (get up of the floor and stop laughing Paul--)
>> Thanks,
>> AJ
>>
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>- --
>
>Kai Lien
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>Lense Consulting Company
>www.lenseco.com
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>Fortune Cookie of the Day:
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>George's friend Sam had a dog who could recite the Gettysburg Address. "Let
>me buy him from you," pleaded George after a demonstration.
> "Okay," agreed Sam. "All he knows is that Lincoln speech anyway."
> At his company's Fourth of July picnic, George brought his new pet
>and announced that the animal could recite the entire Gettysburg Address.
>No one believed him, and they proceeded to place bets against the dog.
>George quieted the crowd and said, "Now we'll begin!" Then he looked at
>the dog. The dog looked back. No sound. "Come on, boy, do your stuff."
>Nothing. A disappointed George took his dog and went home.
> "Why did you embarrass me like that in front of everybody?" George
>yelled at the dog. "Do you realize how much money you lost me?"
> "Don't be silly, George," replied the dog. "Think of the odds we're
>gonna get on Labor Day."
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