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On Monday 14 December 2009 12:22:42 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:56 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > > The DE/WM to use is specified by whatever display manager you use. |
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> > > Setting it in a global configuration file is pointless on a multi-user |
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> > > system. |
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> > So, where would you specify which DE/WM session the xdm Display |
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> > Manager will load up for a specific user in a Gentoo set up? |
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> > (assuming that there is such a thing as a Gentoo default way of doing |
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> > this). |
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> I used xdm once, that was more than enough. gdm and kdm both have options |
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> to do this, as did the one whose name I cannot remember that I tried |
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> once. Alternatively, you can use the XSESSION environment variable or use |
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> the standard .xinitrc/.xsession way of doing things. I'd either do that |
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> latter or use a more flexible display manager, I find xdm horrible. |
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You're right, although xdm can be beautified if you have the time or |
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inclination to look into /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources. |
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When I am looking for my XSESSION I get nothing: |
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$ echo $SESSION |
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How do I set this up, other than Mike's suggestion of '/etc/env.d/90xsession'? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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