On 2012/06/27 10:58 (GMT+0200) Stefan Dirsch composed:
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 05:27:07AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>> Why on a system with kdm already installed are twm and xdm required?
>xdm scripts are used by kdm
Is this an upstream "feature"?
This is a framework developped and well maintained by SUSE and used by xdm/kdm/gdm on our distribution since a long time now. Are you interested in replacing it with something different?
No. It just seems that GDM & KDM upstream would have competent configurations to not depend on other dms, leaving me puzzled as to what value(s) openSUSE personalization in this area might be.
>twm is still used as a fallback by the xdm init script.
That I have noticed on occasion, and usually find that it starts instead of a KDE session (that won't start because something's broken or missing) annoying.
Still better than no WM at all IMO.
I see that microfont message box sometimes, and wonder what it expects me to do next after I find my magnifying glass to read it, whereas if no WM started, I'd focus right in on finding out why.
Meanwhile I have one B2 system on which "init 5/telinit 5" instantly returns zilch and no new Xorg.0.log, while startx works fine. I may just make that my next target of a fresh install instead of trying to figure out why. :-p
Well, I didn't manage to install openSUSE 12.2 Beta2 at all so far, so you're already *steps* further than me. ;-)
I've installed several times since 12.2's YaST broke[1], including just minutes ago from factory-snapshot. I just don't use YaST for packaging activities, starting installation with just a minimal X or server install and then zypper on first and subsequent 12.2 boots.
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