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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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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
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> |Steve Wingate		<s.wingate@pobox.com>
> |MCSE, CCNA		Sat Oct 18 13:10:00 PDT 2003
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> | 1:10PM  up 39 days,  5:42, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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