Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:29:46 -0400 (EDT) From: doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408161421040.43414@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <53EF8BD4.3060609@hiwaay.net> References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> <20140815192413.78634baa.freebsd@edvax.de> <53EE4480.1080803@hiwaay.net> <20140815194438.2a468e5f.freebsd@edvax.de> <53EF4592.9030406@hiwaay.net> <87iolsift1.fsf@elk.localnet> <20140816183110.5878829a.freebsd@edvax.de> <53EF8BD4.3060609@hiwaay.net>
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > On 08/16/14 11:31, Polytropon wrote: [cut] >> An alternative to xdm with a similar look and feel is wdm, >> the WindowMaker display manager, which almost looks like the >> Solaris/CDE login manager. Maybe it's worth trying this one? >> It even supports easily switching desktops or window managers >> for an account (e. g., login user "foo" and start Xfce session, >> or start Fluxbox session instead). >> >> Regarding xdm configuration: >> >> Fiddling with files in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm sounds terrible. >> I have to admit that I'm using custom settings for xdm, but >> the correct places for such changes probably are /etc/X11/xdm >> or at least /usr/local/etc/xdm (because those are places where >> configuration files are located that are subject to the usual >> versioning and backup processes). I have decided to keep the >> stuff in /etc/X11/xdm (because xorg.conf also is in /etc/X11) >> and create symlinks from the original location to where I >> put _my_ configuration files (which are backed up and under >> version control). Note that the Xorg folks recommend this is the way to do it: tail -11 xdm-config DisplayManager*session: /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession DisplayManager*reset: /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset DisplayManager*authComplain: true ! The following three resources set up display :0 as the console. DisplayManager._0.setup: /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 DisplayManager._0.startup: /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole DisplayManager._0.reset: /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/TakeConsole DisplayManager*loginmoveInterval: 10 ! SECURITY: do not listen for XDMCP or Chooser requests ! Comment out this line if you want to manage X terminals with xdm DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 But this is one of the great things about open source. If you do not like something you can almost always find something that suits you better. I like kde3.5 and did not like kde4.
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