Re: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.
On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 02:23:49AM -0400, Robert_L wrote:
> On Friday 19 April 12:29, craigw wrote:
> <snip>
> > If you've tried any other distros, chances are you've already
> > experienced one or more. For example, Mandrake's default is to install
> > kdm and RedHat's is gdm, the one ximian installs is of course gdm. I
> > happen to like gdm, because you can add new entries to the drop-down
> > list of desktop managers so easy, by writing a script similar to an
> > .xinitrc and placing it in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions. Or yours might go in
> > /etc/gdm/Sessions. Anyway, in the newer versions you can also use the
> > GUI configurator to change almost every aspect of the login from right
> > there, before logging in! I believe the menu item is called 'System'
> >
> > -CraigW
>
> I like and use gdm (kdm just won't work for some reason) but some things
> about kdm I miss.
> 1. Auto entry of selected user
yes, that's a nice convenience. With gdm you can (if it's a one-user
computer, and you really want to... ) have it log you in automatically.
> 2. Focus on password field
I thought that was the default. If you're having to click before you can
start typing, I don't know how to fix it.
> 3. numlock on (how the heck do you do this for the gdm login screen ?)
don't know. I've never turned numlock on. In fact, I'm still using the
keyboard that came with my 486 and if it ever dies I'll probably buy a
happy hacker keyboard. Yeah, every time I buy a new box, the keyboard
goes straight in the closet on top of the pile of other fancy keyboards
with all their fancy window keys & internet buttons & whatnots.
I think maybe you can turn numlock on in your XF86Config
you can also put all this in ~/.Xmodmap:
keycode 90 = KP_0 KP_Insert
keycode 87 = KP_1 KP_End
keycode 88 = KP_2 KP_Down
keycode 89 = KP_3 KP_Next
keycode 83 = KP_4 KP_Left
keycode 84 = KP_5 KP_Begin
keycode 85 = KP_6 KP_Right
keycode 79 = KP_7 KP_Home
keycode 80 = KP_8 KP_Up
keycode 81 = KP_9 KP_Prior
keycode 91 = KP_Decimal KP_Delete
(you may need to add the following to ~/.xinitrc or some other place to
make sure it gets used):
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
Or there is also a program called numlockX:
http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/numlockx/
-CraigW
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