[Fwd: KDM -> GDM Migration?]

[Judith Samson <judith samson usaserve net>]

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• From: Judith Samson <judith samson usaserve net>
• To: Kagenin <kagenin cyberspace org>
• CC: gnome-list gnome org
• Subject: Re: KDM -> GDM Migration?
• Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:21:11 -0800

Thinking about this some more: if you are logging in using xdm, you
should be using /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession. I wonder if the xinit/xinitrc
stuff is just generic kde stuff, put there by your distribution. It
might not do anything at all. 
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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