Re: how NOT to start x-session but x-window-manager instead

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

"David B. Harris" wrote:
> 
> To quote Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>,
> #   I know I can do it that way (for xdm or startx) but I don't want to
> # completely override nice debian system of startup... we have these
> # x-session-managers and x-window-managers etc. and I would like to
> learn
> # how to work within this system, I now how to use update-alternatives
> to
> # use one or another x-session-manager or x-window-manager but how to
> # choose x-window-manager over x-session-manager during X startup -
> that's
> # a question. brief poking around shows no obvious way to do it other
> then
> # remove all the x-session-manager alternatives... not very elegant...
> 
> You're right. That's very ugly. :) You didn't mention, though, how you
> start X. Do you concistently use any graphical login manager(s)? Which
> one(s)? Or do you tend to use 'startx'?

  I use xdm, it is basically the same startup as startx, they both use
/etc/X11/Xsession which uses files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d, one of which
starts x-session-manager, only if there is no x-session-manager it
starts x-window-manager... (yes I tried it, startx really starts kde,
just like xdm)

	erik