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> =====
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> >
> >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."
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