From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 24 14:18:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAECD16A401 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:18:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.200.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C6A343D48 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:18:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2006042414130401200lq7ule>; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:13:04 +0000 Message-ID: <444CDCEE.9080707@computer.org> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:13:02 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060402) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Norberto Meijome References: <444BA52D.1030401@computer.org> <20060424112637.1e919788@localhost> <444C3969.20900@computer.org> <20060424124159.7319d375@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060424124159.7319d375@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: GDM sessions.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:18:41 -0000 Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:35:21 -0500 > Eric Schuele wrote: > >> Though I am starting to experiment with various display managers. Can >> you tell me what it is you like (and dislike) about wdm (i've not heard >> much about wdm)? > > port = x11/wdm > > Very few dependencies (in particular, it doesnt depend on the GNOME or KDE lot). Yeah... that's why I started out with XDM. However, after some time, and loading apps I was interested in, I turned around and noticed I was only missing two GDM dependencies anyway... so I figured a little eye candy can't hurt. > Quite configurable. > > it just works. looks better than the original XDM, though i didnt spend too > much time playing with XDM itself... i may go back to XDM, just to have less > ports on my system. > > B > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric