No problem, Axalon...
In /etc/X11/prefdm, I changed every occurrence of gdm and kdm such that gdm
was always evaluated first:
****prefdm contents****
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
# We need to source this so that the login screens get translated
. /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
# Run preferred X display manager
preferred=
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
if grep -q GNOME /etc/sysconfig/desktop 2>/dev/null; then
preferred=gdm
elif grep -q KDE /etc/sysconfig/desktop 2> /dev/null; then
preferred=kdm
elif grep -q AnotherLevel /etc/sysconfig/desktop 2> /dev/null; then
preferred=xdm
fi
fi
if [ -n "$preferred" ] && which $preferred >/dev/null 2>&1; then
exec $preferred $*
fi
if which gdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
preferred=gdm
elif which kdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
preferred=kdm
elif which xdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
preferred=xdm
fi
if [ -n "$preferred" ] && which $preferred >/dev/null 2>&1; then
exec $preferred $*
fi
exit 1
****end prefdm contents****
The why?: Well I couldn't get KDM to work so I moved it out of the way of
GDM in prefdm.
Next, in the /etc/X11/gdm directory, I edited gdm.conf to specify the
marble3D gtkrc file for my login dialog background. Then I moved on to the
./Sessions directory, where I changed my 'Default' link to point to
'Enlightenment', and my 'default' link to point to 'Default':
total 6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 18 20:09 Default ->
Enlightenment*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140 Jan 20 07:01 Enlightenment*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 129 Jan 19 22:09 Enlightenment~*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52 Jan 6 15:56 Failsafe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29 Jan 17 23:08 Gnome*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46 Apr 21 1999 Gnome~
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 18 18:56 default -> Default*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24 Jan 17 23:08 kde*
Why?: Enlightenment is faster, imho, without gome-session's management, and
in fact manages apps and windows better.
Finally I edited my 'Enlightenment' script to look like this:
#!/bin/sh
[ -f $HOME ] || {
/usr/bin/enlightenment.install
}
xset +dpms
xset m 4/1 4
xset s 300 60
xset s blank
exec /usr/bin/enlightenment
That's about it. I did encounter one strange thing though: I couldn't
change my login background color or bitmap in GDM; but when I ran KDE
(solely for the purpose of bringing up the KDE Desktop Manager applet to
change the background of __it's__ login screen), it actually changed the
background color for GDM's login window. Any idea why that would happen?
I was happy to get the tile background to change for GDM, but I don't like
mysterious fixes.
Hope my info is useful to you. And please let me know if you understand
the strange KFM/GDM background mystery.
Tim
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Oh yes; In fact I think this is a common problem. I got around it by
> > editing prefdm to choose gdm first over kdm, then editing the files in
> > /etc/X11/gdm to suit. Hope this is useful.
> > Tim
>
> "to suit" care to elborate, what you changed and why? :)
>
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