Re: choose the default display manager

From: Rene Tapia (renuxman_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/04/05

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    > > > 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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