RE: [SLUG] Question

From: Andrew Wyatt (awyatt@intergate.cx)
Date: Wed Aug 15 2001 - 17:06:44 EDT


vi /etc/X11/prefdm

you'll see that you need to put the preferred sessionmanager into
/etc/sysconfig/desktop

Andrew

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bill.gates@microsoft.com

On 15 Aug 2001 16:45:52 -0400, Erle Robinson wrote: > 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 > > >===== Original Message From Kai Lien <kai@lenseco.com> ===== > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > > > >Here is a shot in the dark since I do not run Debian... > > > >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 > > > > > > > >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 > >> > > > >- -- > > > >Kai Lien > > > >Lense Consulting Company > >www.lenseco.com > > > >Fortune Cookie of the Day: > > > >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." > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) > >Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > >iD8DBQE7erpRztiWgzm9RMARAun9AJ0Tc+5AKNhu+wKlMoy+Vl0nHFuP3wCePqxe > >A30RgX7JJvl9R81Qcz6K9RE= > >=q8a6 > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >



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