Re: KDM -> GDM Migration?

[Judith Samson <judith samson usaserve net>]

man xinit has some examples of an xinitrc file that might be of use. I'm
not too familiar with kde stuff either, but it seems that if you got rid
of your kdeinitrc file, as long as the xinitrc file had the stuff the X
server needs in it, and put exec gnome-session in xinitrc (or Xclients),
you should be okay.

Judith

Kagenin wrote:
> 
> In another message, I state that these are my last two lines of my
> /etc/inittab
> 
> # Run kdm in runlevel 5
> kdm:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon > /var/log/kdm 2>&1
> 
> A little more investigating found that my /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc script
> contians a simple twm/xterm login, ant that the kdeinitrc in the same dir
> is wat calls startkde.
> 
> I'mthinking if I change the line in inittab to
> gdm:5:respawn:/path/to/gdm -nodaemon >/var/log//gdm 2>&1
> Where ever gdm installed itself...  and I still wanna keep that logging
> active.
> 
> I'm a little more sketchy about what to do with the xinitrc/kdeinitrc
> thing.  the kdeinitrc does a lot of kde-specific stuff.
> 
> Thanks for the info.  I've not tackeled an inittab file before ^_^.
> 
> Kagenin
> 
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> > 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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