Have you got it working already? I have it working here, the Mandrake-way I believe :-) But it is a while ago I set this up, so I would need to dig into it again as well. But I can do the digging if you still need it. -A. su, 01-09-2002 kello 11:37, Jason Trickett kirjoitti: > > > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > ><quote who="Jason Trickett"> > > > > > > > >>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). > >> > >> > > > >Okay, as a warning, Mandrake does some really odd stuff with its X and *DM > >startup scripts... > > > > > > > >>Anyhoo, in /etc/X11/prefdm i noticed some code that looks like this: > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>Could I edit 'preferred-gdm' to 'preferred=/home/jason/garnome/gdm' ? > >> > >> > > > >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. > > > >- 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 > > -- > garnome-list mailing list > garnome-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/garnome-list -- Aschwin van der Woude Open Source Specialist / Project manager Creanor Oy (www.creanor.com/movial) Mob. +358 50 5676665 Tel. +358 9 8567 6400 "Good management with crappy products will beat crappy management with good products every time" -- Bob Young PGP Fingerprint: 55AB 3F70 6C6F C345 A3AC D7A1 F2FF C586 EB04 ABDE Public key ID: 1024D/EB04ABDE
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