On 11-03-2003, at 16h 41'22", Jordi Cerdan wrote to debian-laptop about "xdm and twm" > Hey, > > I am new on Debian and Linux and have successfully installed x-window on > my laptop (Fujitsu C1020). Then I installed xdm and twm without (nearly) any > problem. But I want to go further now and uninstall them to get Gnome, but > xdm has captured the login method that was by text console and now it's in > graphical. > Will there be any problem if I install Gnome? Will it substitute the xdm > Login window? >
xdm is a display manager (same as gdm kdm, etc.) gnome is a window manager (same as kde, fvwm, twm, blakbox, windowmaker, etc.) The display manager takes care of the login mather in a graphical way. If you uninstall it you have to login at the console and then type startx. You can have several display managers, you just need to tell which one you want to use. I use xdm myself. After the autentification, the display manager starts the window manager. The window manager can be diferent for each user. To set your own, you need a .xsession file in you home directory with exe bit set on, which will contain a line like twm (I use fvwm). Good luck. Ionel
