2005/8/22, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 11:55:14AM +0200, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > > 1) I think that the display mangaer should be choosen using > > update-alternatives --confi x-display-manager > > (btw: how is it made now?) > > The startup scripts for the various display managers pay attention to the > contents of the file /etc/X11/default-display-manager > > > 2) I have gnome installed, but in > > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > gnome it is not displayed > > Gnome isn't a window manager, and has never been a window manager. > > > So i think that the update-alternatives method is not fully supported. > > You'd be wrong. > > > I think that * update-alternatives is a good facility > > It isn't, really. > > > * there should be a unified method for chosing window/desktop manager or > > whatever, since it gives the users some chances to do things without much > > pain, and make easy to document and learn how things works > > No, actually a user should never be messing with the alternatives system. > Further, users don't need to know and shouldn't have to know how things > work. > > > So, is update-alternatives the standard method? If not which is the > > standard method? > > The standard method is to actually launch the environment you want. Gdm > provides session files for this purpose, as does KDM. Xdm uses your > ~/.xsession file. > > How do you expect a user to be changing the alternatives system? They > don't have the power to do so. > > -- > Marc Wilson | Once, adv.: Enough. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dictionary" > > I am not so sure that all you said is right... anyway i do not want to lose time. Anyway you cold be a little more polite next time.
PAolo