On 28/07/06, Conrad Lawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't know if this topic has been dealt with already so I'll apologize in > advance, just in case. > > Now My question: > > I'm running Ubuntu 6.06 as my LTS server with the default Gnome desktop > manager. However, I'd like my LTS clients to use the light-weight Xfce DM > ( a.k.a Xubuntu) instead. How do I make this happen without having to > change the DM on the server?
Basically you have to understand how X is being fired up. In Ubuntu there are series of scripts under the directory /etc/X11/Xsession.d They are all dealt with in increasing numerical order. So if you take the script "99xorg-common_start" and edit it by first commenting out the existing "exec" line this will prevent the default win manager from firing up. Then you add a line indicating what you want fire up instead. This will force all clients to start IceWM. However this will hold true for all logins. I am sure if you look at other scripts then you can work out something better. #exec $STARTUP exec icewm Another way is to add .dmrc file in each existing users directory indicating which window manager needs to be fired up. However be aware that users can change this behaviour if the choose some other window manager at the start up. You can also add this to /etc/skel directory so that any users added(reated) thereafter would also inherit this. HTH -- Regards, Sudev Barar ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
