Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:29:08 -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: <1066508948.15631.13.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20031018131823.K979@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> References: <20031008201140.KJB8365.fed1mtao06.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> <20031018131823.K979@daemon.g-e-e-k.net>
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--=-I7BPmDwluYhJO09I5jpd Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 16:23, Steve Wingate wrote: > On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >=20 > > On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 16:11, Steve Wingate wrote: > > > Does anyone have a gdm configuration that starts other wm's like KDE,= Windowmaker, etc? Good gdm howtos are rarer than Big Foot sightings. > > > > I'm working on an FAQ entry for this. > > >=20 > I tried following the FAQ and I get the entries in the list, but I'm stil= l > going straight into gnome. I made > separate *.session files for each wm I use: >=20 > steve@daemon:~> ll /usr/X11R6/etc/dm/Sessions/ > total 14 > 6 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4101 Oct 18 00:13 default.desktop > 2 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 169 Oct 18 11:43 fluxbox.desktop > 2 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root steve 163 Oct 18 11:33 kde.desktop > 2 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 167 Oct 18 11:36 windowmaker.desktop > 2 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 130 Oct 18 11:38 xfce.desktop >=20 > Here is my kde one: >=20 > steve@daemon:~> cat /usr/X11R6/etc/dm/Sessions/kde.desktop > [Desktop Entry] > Encoding=3DUTF-8 > Name=3DKDE > Comment=3DThis session logs you into KDE > Exec=3D/usr/local/bin/startkde > TryExec=3D/usr/local/bin/startkde > Icon=3D > Type=3DApplication >=20 > I commented out the wm startups in ~/.xsession like so: > steve@daemon:~> cat .xsession > PATH=3D"$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin" > tail -f /home/steve/.xsession-errors > /dev/console & >=20 > xrdb ~/.Xdefaults > xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources > #wterm -bg black -fg white -geometry +0+55 & > #exec wmaker > #bbkeys -w & exec blackbox > #exec fluxbox > #exec enlightenment > #exec icewm > #exec startkde > #exec gnome-session >=20 > What am I missing here? Did you select "KDE" from the Sessions pull-down in GDM? What does ~/.dmrc say? Are you using the factory gdm.conf? Joe >=20 > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Steve Wingate <s.wingate@pobox.com> > |MCSE, CCNA Sat Oct 18 13:10:00 PDT 2003 > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > |FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE > | 1:10PM up 39 days, 5:42, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-I7BPmDwluYhJO09I5jpd 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/kaKUb2iPiv4Uz4cRAk+jAJ9IlAdief8RRwrCcEh5P4+dChaJbQCgihHl Ap/rf4+askHPflI60BP9NQc= =lmtf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-I7BPmDwluYhJO09I5jpd--
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