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Re: default login manager



David Z Maze wrote:
> Aryan Ameri <a.ameri@linuxiran.org> writes:
> > I have installed Ralph Nolden's KDE 3.1 packages on woody stable.
> > However after installing kdm, when starting the computer, xdm is still the
> > default login manager. Howshall I change the default login manager to
> > kdm?
> 
> The most straightforward thing to do would be to remove xdm.  You
> could also change the links in /etc/rc?.d to cause one display manager
> or the other to start without removing the other one.

Removing those links would be ill advised.  It would be better to do
one of these:

1. Edit /etc/X11/default-display-manager and set it to your preferred.

2. Recommended: run 'dpkg-reconfigure kdm' or whatever your favorite
   login manage is and select it as the default.

The start up scripts for xdm, kdm, gdm, etc. look at that file and see
if their own name is there.  If so then then they start themself up.
If not then they know they are not the window manager and the start up
script exits instead.

Bob

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