Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:23:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Wingate <s.wingate@pobox.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: Steve Wingate <s.wingate@cox.net> Subject: Re: GDM config for other wm's Message-ID: <20031018131823.K979@daemon.g-e-e-k.net> In-Reply-To: <1065726819.728.47.camel@gyros> References: <20031008201140.KJB8365.fed1mtao06.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> <1065726819.728.47.camel@gyros>
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On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > 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. > I tried following the FAQ and I get the entries in the list, but I'm still going straight into gnome. I made separate *.session files for each wm I use: 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 Here is my kde one: steve@daemon:~> cat /usr/X11R6/etc/dm/Sessions/kde.desktop [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=KDE Comment=This session logs you into KDE Exec=/usr/local/bin/startkde TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startkde Icon= Type=Application I commented out the wm startups in ~/.xsession like so: steve@daemon:~> cat .xsession PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin" tail -f /home/steve/.xsession-errors > /dev/console & 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 What am I missing here? +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
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