We are *releasing* Mandrake 6.1 *before* RedHat 6.1, and we already have
more features.
The GUI install is called Panoramix, and it's already in beta stage.
Jean-Michel Dault
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On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Jeff Duska wrote:
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 04:52:23 -0400
> From: Jeff Duska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [devel] RedHat 6.1 and GUI Install?
>
>
> 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
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of T.K.H.Lee
> > Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 10:53 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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
> >
>
