Re: gdm question

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Jason Trickett">

> 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? 

Yeah, but see that it chooses the *DM based on other variables that its
looking for, so I'm assuming you can set them in /etc/sysconfig/desktop as
prefdm sources that file.

> All this jumping around is making my head spin

Welcome to Mandrake. :-)

- Jeff

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