Re: choose the default display manager
> > > So how could I set which window manager is
> started by the DM?
I missed the previous parte of the thread, so I am not
sure if what you want is to change the login manager
or the session manager.
To change the default session manager I used:
update-alternatives --set x-session-manager
/usr/bin/startkde
This starts KDE after loging-in (instead of Gnome),
even though I am still using gdm to log in, which is
the default in Debian.
--- hjvm@freenet.de wrote:
> I can't figure that out! I summarize the previous
> state:
>
> 1.) console says: kdm and wdm are started (kdm
> because of the
> "false" value in the conf-script, wdm because it's
> the default-display-
> manager)
> 2.) kdm takes over and runs kde. According to pstree
> and ps no wdm
> is running.
>
> What I did:
> 1.) I set the default display manager to kdm
> 2.) I set update-alternatives --set x-window-manager
> /usr/bin/kwin
> which should be kde.
>
> What happens:
> 1.) console says kdm is started
> 2.) But it's not kdm, I get a login window from
> another DM
> 3.) When I log in I get a gnome session, which I
> never selected and
> according to pstree no wdm is running but there are
> lots of "gnome-"
> things...
>
> And of course, if I set the default-display-manager
> back to wdm it's
> wdm *and* kdm that get started again and I get my
> kde session.
>
> Any other advice? Thanks again!
> Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim
>
>
> On 3 May 2005 at 15:53, Jon Dowland wrote:
>
> > hjvm@freenet.de wrote:
> >
> > > But when I set the DM to kdm in
> /etc/X11/default-display-manager I get
> > > a totally different *window* manager, i. e. I
> get XFCE4 instead of
> > > KDE. That's even stranger as I thought that kdm
> would start kde. But
> > > it obviously doesn't. In this case at least only
> kdm is started and
> > > not wdm.
> > >
> > > So how could I set which window manager is
> started by the DM?
> >
> > That's easier (I think): controlled by
> update-alternatives.
> >
> > # update-alternatives --list x-window-manager
> >
> > shows you what it can be, and
> >
> > # update-alternatives --set x-window-manager
> <path>
> >
> > where <path> is one of the options from the first
> command.
> >
>
>
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