On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 11:02:42AM -0600, Brian Morgan wrote: > Thanks to all who have helped me get X up and running. I'm using xdm to > start my X sessions (not sure if I'll keep it). A few more questions: > > 1. If I decide I'd rather get rid of xdm, and use startx instead, what file > to I need to modify to get to a console login on startup rather than the > graphical xdm login? Virtual consoles are still available on VC's 1 through 6. CTRL-ALT-Fn, where n is from 1 to 6, will get you to them from the xdm login screen. ALT-Fn switches between virtual consoles when at a console. The xdm login screen will be on VC 7, so ALT-F7 will get you back there. If you don't want xdm starting a local X server at all, edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and comment out the line at the bottom by placing a "#" at the start of the line. There are other ways to stop xdm from launching a local X server at boot, but this one perhaps requires the least effort. > 2. If I do decide to keep xdm, what file do I modify to change my default > windows manager (similar to the .xinitrc file when using startx). $HOME/.xsession is best used for X sessions started with both xdm and startx. If you have a $HOME/.xinitrc, it is never seen by X sessions started by xdm, and it furthermore bypasses some of the setup and housekeeping that startx/xinit normally do. It's best just to move .xinitrc to .xsession. The xinit manpage has more information about this. > .3 Does xdm put any limitations on using gnome if I decide to use that in > the future? To my knowledge, no; but I do not have any experience with GNOME. -- G. Branden Robinson | Religion is something left over from the Debian GNU/Linux | infancy of our intelligence; it will branden@ecn.purdue.edu | fade away as we adopt reason and science cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | as our guidelines. -- Bertrand Russell
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