Re: choose the default display manager
Thank you, that definitively solved the problem.
I'm getting a little confused about these managers. What is the
difference between display, session, login and window manager and
what are examples for them? I'm asking just for curiosity...
Regards,
Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim
On 4 May 2005 at 12:33, Rene Tapia wrote:
> > > > So how could I set which window manager is
> > started by the DM?
>
> I missed the previous parte of the thread, so I am not
> sure if what you want is to change the login manager
> or the session manager.
>
> To change the default session manager I used:
> update-alternatives --set x-session-manager
> /usr/bin/startkde
>
> This starts KDE after loging-in (instead of Gnome),
> even though I am still using gdm to log in, which is
> the default in Debian.
>
> --- hjvm@freenet.de wrote:
> > I can't figure that out! I summarize the previous
> > state:
> >
> > 1.) console says: kdm and wdm are started (kdm
> > because of the
> > "false" value in the conf-script, wdm because it's
> > the default-display-
> > manager)
> > 2.) kdm takes over and runs kde. According to pstree
> > and ps no wdm
> > is running.
> >
> > What I did:
> > 1.) I set the default display manager to kdm
> > 2.) I set update-alternatives --set x-window-manager
> > /usr/bin/kwin
> > which should be kde.
> >
> > What happens:
> > 1.) console says kdm is started
> > 2.) But it's not kdm, I get a login window from
> > another DM
> > 3.) When I log in I get a gnome session, which I
> > never selected and
> > according to pstree no wdm is running but there are
> > lots of "gnome-"
> > things...
> >
> > And of course, if I set the default-display-manager
> > back to wdm it's
> > wdm *and* kdm that get started again and I get my
> > kde session.
> >
> > Any other advice? Thanks again!
> > Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim
> >
> >
> > On 3 May 2005 at 15:53, Jon Dowland wrote:
> >
> > > hjvm@freenet.de wrote:
> > >
> > > > But when I set the DM to kdm in
> > /etc/X11/default-display-manager I get
> > > > a totally different *window* manager, i. e. I
> > get XFCE4 instead of
> > > > KDE. That's even stranger as I thought that kdm
> > would start kde. But
> > > > it obviously doesn't. In this case at least only
> > kdm is started and
> > > > not wdm.
> > > >
> > > > So how could I set which window manager is
> > started by the DM?
> > >
> > > That's easier (I think): controlled by
> > update-alternatives.
> > >
> > > # update-alternatives --list x-window-manager
> > >
> > > shows you what it can be, and
> > >
> > > # update-alternatives --set x-window-manager
> > <path>
> > >
> > > where <path> is one of the options from the first
> > command.
> > >
> >
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