FW: KDM vs XDM
> > > 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
I am still kind of a newbie at this. Words like "binary" and "compile the
kernel" and other threatening words like that, I've steered clear of. Could
you help me know exactly how to "save your old xdm binary and put the new
kdm in it's place"?
That would be very helpful
Brian
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