Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:16:29 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Steve Wingate <s.wingate@pobox.com> Cc: Steve Wingate <s.wingate@cox.net> Subject: Re: GDM config for other wm's Message-ID: <1066547789.679.0.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <20031018235613.K1280@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> References: <20031008201140.KJB8365.fed1mtao06.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> <20031018131823.K979@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> <1066508948.15631.13.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20031018142256.T979@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> <1066526450.372.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20031018235613.K1280@daemon.g-e-e-k.net>
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--=-Rgsbr7ZpXjn/OXYJirDA Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 02:59, Steve Wingate wrote: > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >=20 > > 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 logi= n > > > greeter png. > > > > > > steve@daemon:~> cat .dmrc > > > > > > [Desktop] > > > Session=3Dgnome.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=3DUTF-8 > > Name=3DTWM > > Comment=3DThis session logs you into twm > > Exec=3D/usr/X11R6/bin/twm > > TryExec=3D/usr/X11R6/bin/twm > > Icon=3D > > Type=3DApplication > > > > 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 >=20 > 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: >=20 > [Desktop] > Session=3Dkde You could always go through your relevant dot files, and see which one causes this. Joe >=20 >=20 > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > |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 > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-Rgsbr7ZpXjn/OXYJirDA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/kjpNb2iPiv4Uz4cRAlS8AKCBwwOAvTvrNf1FIT3fg/U0i6mSugCfcOye ulQf+9JfN5G7eUDcwNAz6TY= =JEH6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Rgsbr7ZpXjn/OXYJirDA--
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