On Monday 07 November 2005 14:46, DR GM SEDDON wrote: > Hello, > My Gentoo system graphics work when I s'tartx' However, I defined > 'wmaker' as my default in '/etc/rc.conf'. When I startx I get a > windowmanager similar to the windowmaker I am used to but instead of the > 3 icons on the top right and the desktopswitcher on the left I only have > a clock. Is this correct? You'll need the sessionname for wmaker # ls /etc/X11/Sessions/ Choose the "session" that starts wmaker and change /etc/rc.conf Make sure the value in /etc/rc.conf matches the filename (case sensitive!) My guess is it's called 'windowmaker' not 'wmaker'
> Also, I have set my default runlevel to 5 in '/etc/inittab' and chose > kdm as my prefered login method. But when I boot I always get a console > login. Kdm runs if I btype 'kdm'. It doesn't give me the option of > windowmaker and the default won't start anything. rc-update add xdm default this starts /etc/init.d/xdm, which starts the login manager specified in /etc/rc.conf -- [email protected] mailing list
