--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my /etc/rc2.d there are scripts for both "xdm" and "kdm" (having both
> packages installed). So I'm confused that you say that "xdm" is the > controlling script; it seems to me that "kdm" (or "gdm", or "wdm") could > just as accurately be labeled as the controlling script. Depending on how you have it configured, yes. > I do agree that "/etc/X11/default-display-manager" determines which DM > actually runs. It doesn't run, it gets read. > Are you saying that changes should be made to "this" > "default-display-manager" file, and no other, or to "this" Again, depends what you told debconf -- you can set it so that the ?dm script doesn't heed the value stored in default-display-manager. > If you're saying the only file that should be changed is > "default-display-manager", that makes more sense to me. However, does > manual modification of this file confuse debconf (or > update-alternatives, or whatever system manages this file)? No, it doesn't bugger debconf. :) And update-alternatives has nothing to do with *DM configuration. Apologies if this was ambiguous. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
