Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:59:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Wingate <s.wingate@pobox.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: Steve Wingate <s.wingate@cox.net> Subject: Re: GDM config for other wm's Message-ID: <20031018235613.K1280@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> In-Reply-To: <1066526450.372.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20031008201140.KJB8365.fed1mtao06.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> <20031018131823.K979@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> <20031018142256.T979@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> <1066526450.372.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 17:25, Steve Wingate wrote: > > > > > > Did you select "KDE" from the Sessions pull-down in GDM? What does > > > ~/.dmrc say? Are you using the factory gdm.conf? > > > > I've tried selecting them all and I still login with gnome. > > GDM.conf is generic with the exception of changing the graphical login > > greeter png. > > > > steve@daemon:~> cat .dmrc > > > > [Desktop] > > Session=gnome.desktop > > A > > Try deleting ~/.dmrc. I just tried this again with my twm.desktop (I > don't have KDE installed, but I assume the example on I gave in the FAQ > would work for KDE), and it worked fine: > > [Desktop Entry] > Encoding=UTF-8 > Name=TWM > Comment=This session logs you into twm > Exec=/usr/X11R6/bin/twm > TryExec=/usr/X11R6/bin/twm > Icon= > Type=Application > > I have a ~/.xsession file, and that doesn't interfere. I also have a > ~/.gnomerc (not used by GDM anymore), and that doesn't interfere. Nor > does ~/.xinitrc. However, I haven't tried ~/.Xclients yet, though. If > you have such a file, you might try removing it. > > Joe It works for root and a new test user, but not my normal account. It's clearly reading one of my config files. I just can't tell which one. I deleted ~/.gdmrc, selected kde from the list, it logged me into Gnome and a new ~/.gdmrc was created automatically with: [Desktop] Session=kde +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Steve Wingate <s.wingate@pobox.com> |MCSE, CCNA Sat Oct 18 23:50:00 PDT 2003 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ |FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE |11:50PM up 39 days, 16:22, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
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