On Saturday 21 July 2001 20:24, mike wrote:
> I just did something interesting. I editted /etc/sysconfig/desktop,
> changing KDE to GNOME and rebooted. Now /etc/X11/prefdm is supposed to
> start the proper desk top manager depending on this value, GNOME resulting
> in GDM. KDM started, but GNOME ran when I left default in the session
> pulldown (probably because the "exec `which $preferred` $* >/dev/null
> 2>&1" didn't result in the process being overwritten, but why does kdm pick
> it up for default?)
>
> I was just fooling around, trying to ditch KDM (I know, rearrange
> if which kdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> exec `which kdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1
> elif which gdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> exec `which gdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1
> elif which xdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> exec `which xdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1
> fi)
> , which is the latest thing I thought I would try to get my mouse not to
> evaperate when I switched between systems (and xscreensaver is behaving
> funny if not I am not root -- freezes and the like).
>
> Just interesting.
>
> mg
If anybody is interested (and didn't know), switching to gdm didn't fix the
mouse problem, or the xscreensaver problem. And, when my enlightenment
session came up, it had the gnome stuff layered on top of it (interestingly,
I discovered enlightenment byt stripping gnome off of it).
mg
