xinitrc is only used whit startx. I don't know how ubuntu handles services, but I think you'll need to remove gdm from your runlevel, and add entrance. But you can use gdm with e17, if you create the session file mentioned above.
2006/12/29, kalyanasundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 12:44 +0100, R. Arp wrote: > > Am Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:02:49 +0100 > > schrieb "J. Erik Heinz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> words > > > on 29.12.2006 - 10:18 (+0900 Zulu-Time): > > > > > > > On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:39:56 +0100 "J. Erik Heinz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > babbled: > > > > > > > > e17 is not intended to run "within a gnome environment" or a kde > > > > one. it is its own and trying to start it from kde or gnome will > > > > just give you trouble. we don't support such usage. it is not > > > > intended to work (and if it does happen to work - that is just > > > > sheer luck). > > > > > > Perhaps I should describe it in another way. Actually I just want e17 > > > as wm. But the default installation of ubuntu is with gnome. When I > > > know how I get rid of it, I am happy ( And the Desktop environment is > > > at least such functionial ) > > Select E17 from GDM's session menu. If that's not available, create > > a .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions: > > ------------------------ > > [Desktop Entry] > > Encoding=UTF-8 > > Name=Enlightenment DR17 > > Comment=This session logs you into E17 > > Exec=/opt/e17/bin/enlightenment_start > > # no icon yet, only the top three are currently used > > Icon= > > Type=Application > > ------------------------ > > Modify the path to enlightenment_start to match your installation. > > I dont want the gdm. i want use entrance. How do i do that?. I have no > PAM modules. I put my ~/.xinitrc file as > > exec enlightenment_start > startx > entrance > > it does not help.. > > Thanks, > -"kalyan" > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- Sevcsik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
