Or you can add a command to start x and your window manager to init.d. Regards, Cortman
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 12:22:27PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: >> >> I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious >> to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The >> issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a >> similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem >> hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so >> the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? >> > > I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but let me outline > some possibilities: > > - you don't have to run GDM at all. Disable it with update-rc.d > and shut it down (/etc/init.d/gdm stop). Then you can start X > per user with startx. You can script that. > > - Perhaps you want to have custom GDM sessions? Look at the > config files. You can select a desktop environment at GDM > login time. > > > -dsr- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120802163433.gj8...@randomstring.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cadfaa3lsh+rp3ywtyrv37qe_zimx_p3rqgiwikcg3c-nu9r...@mail.gmail.com
