Re: XDM

[Karsten Heymann <karsten.heymann@gmx.de>]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Brian Nelson wrote:

> Try:
> 
> update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
 
> though this doesn't always as expected for me.  'apt-get install kdm'
> might work too.  I have not yet figured out exactly how debian
> determines what window manager to run.  For me, it seems to decide
> arbitrarily... 
> -Brian

On my potato system i installed kdm (uninstall xdm first) and put all the
window-managers into the /etc/X11/kdm/kdmrc file at

SessionType=kde2,default,failsafe,icewm,enlightenment,sawfish,

This works wonderfully for me (didn't try gnome yet).
 
 
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Karsten Heymann
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Forschungsstelle für Ökosystemtechnik
Universität Kiel