Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 10:40:05 +0200 From: uki <ukaszg@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Understanding XDM Message-ID: <CAN_VB4Uxpr5OD5KfyKMbB%2BH8mADLuUNJ5kQuZh_S2fSoOjKJzg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120704083457.6158cff8.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CA%2BMGFtwBbpPfXVLjLB_=FpOe22CmuhRj7L01=ffP0a96jvuT0A@mail.gmail.com> <20120625043302.198cf5c3@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> <1341383241395-5724072.post@n5.nabble.com> <20120704083457.6158cff8.freebsd@edvax.de>
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2012/7/4 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:27:21 -0700 (PDT), sw2wolf wrote: >> I am using slim to login which can choose Window Manager by pressing F1 = key. >> Can XDM choose Window Manager when loginning ? > > No, xdm cannot do this. But as far as I remember, wdm can -- it has > some look & feel of the original CDE display manager and it designed > to work well with WindowMaker, but it's a very nice replacement for > xdm if you need that specific functionality. It's quite lightweight > (compared to gdm or kdm) and easily configurable. xdm is very simple, it just logs you in and runs a shell script. with default settings the shell script just executes your ~/.xinitrc here is an example how to add shutdown button to xdm http://neilt.org/computing/xdmshutdownbutton.php you can use it as an example to hack your own 'change wm' feature, or just use some xdm replacement that has that. Cheers, =C5=81ukasz Gruner
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