Re: Multiple logins with XDM

[didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com>]

Le Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:02:24 +1200,
Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@no8wireless.co.nz> a écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> I am on squeeze using XDM as my display manager and XScreenSaver.
> When I click the "New Login" button from the locked screensaver
> dialog, XScreenSaver complains about not being able to find
> gdmflexiserver.  So it seems to expect GDM, but I prefer a simpler
> display manager such as XDM.  Do I have to use GDM if I want to have
> multiple logins, or do I simply need to tweak XScreenSaver's
> configuration?

Maybe you can modify in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver* the value of
the newLoginCommand parameter.
xdm man page warns though of its difficulties to manage properly
multiple window systems (see the Limitations section) and recommends to
use xinit.
So something like xinit launching xdm as the newLoginCommand could do
the trick... (I have never tested this kind of setup)