Re: gdm question

[Jason Trickett <jtrickett hwcn org>]

Jeff Waugh wrote:

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> > Thanks for answering! I looked in /etc/init.d/ and there was not a file
> > named gdm to edit on my system (mandrake 8.1).
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> Okay, as a warning, Mandrake does some really odd stuff with its X and *DM
> startup scripts...
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> > Anyhoo, in /etc/X11/prefdm i noticed some code that looks like this:
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> > if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
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> > Could I edit 'preferred-gdm' to 'preferred=/home/jason/garnome/gdm' ?
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> No, it sounds like you want to edit environment variables set in
> /etc/sysconfig/desktop. Or, you could just change /etc/inittab, but I'd
> recommend attempting to do it 'The Mandrake Way' to begin with.
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> - Jeff
Wow, this is getting weird! The only contents in my 
/etc/sysconfig/desktop file is:

DESKTOP="Gnome"

Isn't this where my default desktop choice is stored? Also, in 
/etc/inittab the last few lines are:

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
# xdm is now a separate service
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

Isn't this just pointing back to the 'prefdm' file I mentioned before? 
All this jumping around is making my head spin

:)

- Jason