In linux.gentoo.user, Lavender wrote: > I have checked my Xorg.0.log, there is no error message. I have a > question,I read xorg.conf , I didn't find any area about Window > Manage, so how xorg-server knowswhich WM to invoke when I use "X > -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf" ?BTW, among my class I am the only one who > uses Linux, so it's impossible to use ssh.
Window managers are started by users. I think you are talking about "display managers". Xorg runs a script /etc/X11/startDM.sh. It will start up /etc/init.d/xdm if that's the display manager defined (as it is in a default Gentoo setup). You define which display manager you want to start in /etc/conf.d/xdm, for example: DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" This will start the KDE4 display manager. -- Regards, Gregory.