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deno
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 Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:20 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Change in rc.conf |
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What happened with DISPLAYMANAGER variable in rc.conf?
Before in rc.conf we had commented line with question:
# What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ]
and below:
DISPLAYMANAGER=""
should I add DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm", since I use kdm as displaymnager, in new rc.conf file? If yes then why new rc.conf, and if no what happened with DISPLAYMANAGER variable?
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cylgalad
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:39 am Post subject: |
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If you had read the file properly, you would have realized (like me) that the XSESSION variable now does the trick.
I'm not sure if it was a good idea, as I prefer to use XSESSION for when I'm in text-mode and I want to start something light like fluxbox and DISPLAYMANAGER for kdm. Maybe they will revert to it tomorrow  |
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deno
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:45 am Post subject: |
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thanx |
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deno
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:59 am Post subject: |
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well , i have just tried it and XSESSION doesn't do the trick. It starts xdm (I want kdm) + xdm will not start kde.
And how should XSESSION read my mind and know what displaymanager I want to use? Even if someone run kde as I, he/she may want to use gdm as displaymanager.
It is good that DISPLAYMANAGER variable still works. |
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keyson
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:07 am Post subject: |
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Hi
Check the '/etc/conf.d/xdm'.
It has been moved from rc.conf. |
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baaann
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:27 am Post subject: |
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FWIW I was confused by this as well
Probably our noob status, but the following is unedited in the new rc.conf
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# XSESSION is a new variable to control what window manager to start
# default with X if run with xdm, startx or xinit. The default behavior
# is to look in /etc/X11/Sessions/ and run the script in matching the
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Are you saying that selecting kde-3.5 launches kdm or Gnome launches gdm, looking in /etc/X11/Sessions/ does not appear to do so? How do individual users select their preferred window manager? |
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baaann
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| keyson wrote: | Hi
Check the '/etc/conf.d/xdm'.
It has been moved from rc.conf. |
Thanks! That explains it.  |
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deno
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| nice : ). thanx |
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Karlhungus
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| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Actually apparently it's still supposed to be in rc.conf
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153955
also when i actually read my /etc/conf.d/xdm:
# What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ]
# NOTE: If this is set in /etc/rc.conf, that setting will override this one.
DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" |
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