Are we going to add the GUI Install and new stuff of RedHat 6.1? If so, how
are we going to merge the two GUI installs together?
Later,
Jeff
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of T.K.H.Lee
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 10:53 PM
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> Subject: [devel] Awkward session management
>
>
> I've tried to add new sessions/window managers (e.g. enlightenment,
> fvwm) for users to select during logon from kdm, but this turns out
> to be awkward:
>
> 1) Add the new options to the 'SessionType' field
> in /usr/share/config/kdmrc.
>
> 2) Add options and execution commands to the case block
> in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession.
>
> 3) Add options and sanity checks to /usr/sbin/fndSession.
> N.B. fndSession overwrites the 'SessionType' field in
> kdmrc to whatever session/window managers it recognises
> only. It is invoked in the 'mandrake_everytime' rc file.
>
> Actually, steps (2) and (3) are only necessary; or disable (3) then
> only (1) and (2) are needed. However, the checks in (3) makes it a
> better option but kde doesn't know about it.
>
> Is there a way to add new options just once? Furthermore, it really
> shouldn't matter whether we are running kdm or gdm or any other *dm.
>
>
>
> Howard Lee
> Computing Lab
> University of Kent at Canterbury
> England
>
