Re: KDM -> GDM Migration?

["Anthony E. Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

Kagenin wrote:
> 
> Hey.  I've downloaded and installed the Necessary RPMs for Gnome.  I am
> running Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 with a 2.2.12 Kernel.   I'm sick of looking
> at KDE.
> 
> Caldera makes KDM the default Login screen.  I'd like GDM there instead.
> Unfortunatly I cannot find an docs for making a system-wide KDE->Gnome
> Migration.  I don't suppose anybody could lend a hand?

At a minumum, you'll have to figure out where kdm is being called 
(perhaps in inittab). Look for a line that looks like this:

    x:5:respawn:/path/kdm

or something similar. The important thing is that it runs a display manager
in runlevel 5 (the second field). Change this to point to gdm instead of
kdm.

Then figure out where startkde is being called from. I don't know enough
about Caldera to tell you where to look. Common scripts to look in are
xinitrc/.xinitrc (generic X installations) or Xclients/.Xclients (on RH
systems). These may be in a central location or in your home directory. The
'startkde' command should be replaced with 'gnome-session'. 

Then you'll need a GNOME-aware window manager. Enlightenment is most
commonly used. It's *very* configurable but it's also resource hungry.
Sawmill is supposed to be much lighter and also very good. Then there's
XFCE, WindowMaker, and a few others.

There is probably more, but this should get you started.

Tony
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