Re: choose the default display manager
From: Rene Tapia (renuxman_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/07/05
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Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 16:27:59 -0700 (PDT) To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
--- hjvm@freenet.de wrote:
> Thank you, that definitively solved the problem.
>
> I'm getting a little confused about these managers.
> What is the
> difference between display, session, login and
> window manager and
> what are examples for them? I'm asking just for
> curiosity...
I don't know, I am a bit confused myself, I also tried
to change the x-window-manager at first, instead of
the x-session-manager (to change default Gnome to
KDE). But I am glad that worked for you :)
>
> Regards,
> Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim
>
>
> On 4 May 2005 at 12:33, Rene Tapia wrote:
>
> > > > > 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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