Re: KDM vs XDM
In a message dated 4/22/99 12:26:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
bmorgan@greenville.edu writes:
> > You should find a command called switchdm (I think it is in
> > /usr/sbin/switchdm but my Debian/KDE box is at home). Run this as root
and
> > it will ask you if you want [1] xdm, [2] kdm or [3] Neither. Press 2 and
> > you should have kdm next time you restart X.
>
> Ran switchdm but I do not have an /etc/X11/config file, which switchdm
> relies on. I am running slink and recent versions of XFree86, KDE, etc.
> Isn't there a different file that slink uses to control its login manager
> settings?
>
The options file only had an entry that instructed Linux whether or not to
start xdm, not whether it should start xdm or kdm... However, if you put a
start-kdm line in options, and change your startup scripts to recognize the
new line, it'll work as the start-xdm line does.
However, all of this is moot - you're running slink, and the options file
isn't used in slink.
So, I still say, just save your old xdm binary and put the new kdm in it's
place.
-Jay
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