Re: problem starting gnome-session from gdm

[Pathbreaker <pathbreaker earthling net>]

Hi there

Well, based on what you said I decided to look at the files. I managed to
acheive a working solution, though I'm not sure how good it is.
	I changed my .wm_style to Gnome (you can make it enlightenment if you want
just enlightenment without gnome. With Gnome, you don't have to specify
enlightenment since it starts automatically. But what you put in wm_style
does not matter. It's just a label.
	The ideal thing to do would be to edit the RunWM script. I'm going through
it and might think of something. Till then here's a temporary solution. I
changed my .Xclients and added another choice to the case statement.
	Gnome )  // Or whatever label you have in your wm_style
	exec /usr/bin/gnome-session
	;;

I'm not sure how good this solution is, but it works.

>I believe the problem comes from this "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession gnome" launched 
>by in the Gnome file you mention.
>
>The /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession script desn't have any Gnome label.
>
>In this script, for an unknoen reason $HOME/.Xclients (same thing with 
>$HOME/.xsession) seems to be ignored and /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients starts.
>
>This Xclients script tests $HOME/.wm_style which contains Fvwm95, so it 
>launches fvwm95 via /usr/bin/X11/RunWM (RunWM doesn't know enlightenment...).
>
>So I put enlightenment in $HOME/.wm_style, but when gdm starts, .wm_style is 
>reinitialized with Fvwm95 :-(((
>
>Well it seems xdm and/or gdm need to be updated.
>
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