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Date:      Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:05:23 -0400
From:      "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org>
To:        mattb@finsyn.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XDM
Message-ID:  <399826D3.89095855@mitre.org>
References:  <71F816A89AA9D3119F4C00D0B7094EFC198DB6@FIN_SYN>

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Matt Bettinger wrote:
> 
> Questions on XDM.  I have installed KDE that's fine.  I try to open up
> gnome, enlightenment or afterstep from the command line and it tells me
> cannot open display.  I don't have xdm installed and would like to be able
> to have a choice between gui's (for other members of the household)  Is
> there something similar to the startup screen in SuSE?? *heh* You know..
> where it has the users name/picture and you enter the passwd then can
> choose what gui you would like to open upon login.  Thanks.

You might want to give wdm (in the ports) a try.  It allows you to
select your login environment, but it doesn't have the nifty pictures to
click so your family memebers are still going to have to type their
login and password.

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