At Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:19:02 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:06:45PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > > I've been using kdm for a long time and was very comfortable > > with the way a user can select the window manager to use at > > start up. I virtually never choose KDE, but rather window > > maker or ion. Nevertheless, it worked flawlessly. Currently, > > I have gnome, window maker and ion installed and I use gdm > > for login. How can I select an other window manager? Can this > > easily be done with gdm? I only seem to be able to run gnome, > > which doesn't meet all my needs, currently. > > What I do: > 1. Create a .xsession file in your home directory that runs your > window manager; e.g.: > #minimal .xsession > exec ion > $HOME/.xsession-errors 2>&1 > 2. Choose "Xsession" from the sessions menu in gdm.
No, create the session file in: /etc/gdm/Sessions/ deneb:~> cat /etc/gdm/Sessions/Ion-Devel #!/bin/sh exec /usr/bin/ion-devel Some of the WM packages you install might create their own session file in /etc/gdm/Sessions/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
