Re: gdm and window managers
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:06:45PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
> I've been using kdm for a long time and was very comfortable with the
> way a user can select the window manager to use at start up. I virtually
> never choose KDE, but rather window maker or ion. Nevertheless, it
> worked flawlessly. Currently, I have gnome, window maker and ion
> installed and I use gdm for login. How can I select an other window
> manager? Can this easily be done with gdm? I only seem to be able to run
> gnome, which doesn't meet all my needs, currently.
What I do:
1. Create a .xsession file in your home directory that runs your
window manager; e.g.:
#minimal .xsession
exec ion > $HOME/.xsession-errors 2>&1
2. Choose "Xsession" from the sessions menu in gdm.
--Bruce Fields
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