[vox-tech] debian X question

[Peter Jay Salzman]

ok, henry and bill -- thanks!   :)   on one hand, it sucks that there's no
"admin tool".  on the other hand, i think i like this way better because it's
hard remembering the name of all these admin tools that have popped up over
the years in various distros.  i like having to remember just one thing.
.xinitrc.   :)

i'll check out kdm.  i assume it's for kde only and gdm is for gnome only and
xdm is for anything?

can you tell i don't use this stuff much?   ;-)

pete

ps- xdm is sooo ugly that the doctor slapped ...  ;)

begin William Kendrick <nbs@sonic.net> 
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:04:41PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > this really doesn't say anything.
> > 
> > suppose user1 wants enlightenment with gnome, user2 wants enlightenment
> > without gnome and user3 wants sawmill with gnome.
> > 
> > what command do they run?
> 
> One solution is to run KDM, which lets one choose their windowmanager/etc.
> when they log in (and then proceeds to remember that and use it until
> they change it later).
> 
> Of course, if you don't want a *DM...
> 
> 
> > or is the Debian Way to modify your ~/.xinitrc explicitly?
> 
> Yes, you'd want to tweak these guys.  And as for the best way about it,
> I dunno.  I stick with *DMs.  (GDM on my Gnome box at work and on Melissa's
> Gnome box at home, and KDM on my KDE box at home - BTW, KDM appears more
> flexible (surprise, surprise)... XDM is butt-ugly... there are other
> alternatives I've never used (see Freshmeat.net))
> 
> -bill!
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