Re: Editing the Available Environments in Helix Graphical Login Utility

[Traci Collins <tcollins rof net>]

"Martin K. Petersen" wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Traci" == Traci Collins <tcollins rof net> writes:
> 
> Traci> The list of available operating environments for the Helix
> Traci> Graphical Login Utility on my system got mangled so that it no
> Traci> longer lets me choose gnome or sawfish.
> 
> I'm not familiar with Mandrake and don't know its setup.  Try looking
> for clues in /etc/rc.d/init.d.  Mandrake might have a script to return
> the system to a pristine state upon reboot, and this might wipe
> whatever the Helix installer drops in GDM's session directory
> (/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/).

Since I first wrote I discovered that Mandrake 7.2 dynamically
determines what sessions are available each time it is booted. Each
environment is supposed to register when it is installed but I
haven't seen any evidence that they let anyone know about this new
installation requirement. Obviously Helix gnome doesn't know how to
register. I don't know the location of the magic list that Mandrake
queries to determine what environments are available and I would
appreciate it if anyone who sees these messages and knows that
location would let me know so that I can manually update the list.
Thanks.

Traci

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Traci Collins, MA, CCAI, CCNA
Professor of Computer Education
Colorado Mountain College
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