Re: How to change ximian display manager? (In Red Hat 7.1)

["John P. Verel" <jverel home com>]

Telsa,

This solved everything...I think!  A great FAQ!
John
On 05/01/01, 08:31:30AM +0100, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:20:26PM -0400 or thereabouts, John P. Verel wrote:
> > (Forgive the cross post, but this is of potential general Red Hat
> > interest)
> > 
> > What I want to do is regain the functionallity of switchdesk within Red
> > Hat 7.1  Having installed ximian, I'm unable to use it.  The gdmlogin
> > does not provide for a kde option (for example).  The only way I can get
> > to kde is to login to a consol and start a new X session from there.
> 
> Mark Gordon posted a long summary of questions and answers about
> Ximian 1.4 to support ximian com  Here's one: 
> 
>   KDE disappeared from my login menu
> 
>   No, this wasn't a conspiracy.  Our gdm on some platforms is looking
>   in a different directory for session scripts.  This should be fixed
>   soon.  In the meantime, you should be able to copy the session script
>   from the old directory (typically /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions) to the one
>   that gdm is currently using (typically /etc/gdm/Session).  If you're
>   looking for a different login option that mysteriously disappeared,
>   the fix should be similar.
> 
> The complete list can be found at: 
> 
> Linkname: [HC Support] Updated Ximian GNOME 1.4 FAQ
>      URL:
>      http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/support/2001-April/001008.html
> 
> It's a fairly long message. But it's definitely worth reading through
> it: a lot of the recent gnome-list questions seem to be answered there.
> 
> Telsa
> 
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John P. Verel
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