Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:30:48 +0100 Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice to know I'm not going mad (or being overly stupid). Have to say > that well and truly sucks. Oh well, I'll stick to xdm (I have an > irrational, pathological dislike of everything gtk and gnome ;). Well, if you are going mad, both you and Branden are ;) Anyways, if you want to use GDM, use the "Debian" or "Default" session. It'll use Branden's scripts. Or at the very least, ~/.xsession :) WDM over here uses ~/.xsession without any issues (or prompting). Dunno what the deal on that end is. -- \ David B. Harris, Systems administrator | http://www.terrabox.com / / [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://eelf.ddts.net \ \==/ / Clan Barclay motto: Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) \ msg03703/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:17:13 -0500 Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gdm ignores it, too. > > I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the > various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display > managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at > gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). WDM, by default, uses ~/.xsession. He may have an ~/.xinitrc Both GDM and KDM let you choose the Xsession session (or something like it), which does indeed use what you've got :) Thanks, BTW, it is what I use. And I use GDM. :) -- \ David B. Harris, Systems administrator | http://www.terrabox.com / / [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://eelf.ddts.net \ \==/ / Clan Barclay motto: Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) \ msg03702/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Branden Robinson wrote: > gdm ignores it, too. Wait a minute. I've had both gdm and kdm read my .xsession by choosing the 'Default' or 'Debian' session. If you choose 'Gnome' or 'KDE' (or failsafe for that matter), it'll just start the session manager for the chosen desktop environment. Matijn -- Suspicious pointer corrupted virtual machine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:21:57PM -0400, Stuart Ballard wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > gdm ignores it, too. > > > > I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the > > various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display > > managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at > > gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). > > I use gdm and last time I tried it worked fine if you select "Debian" > from the "Session" menu in gdm. Sucks that it's not the default, but it > isn't exactly "at gunpoint", at least. I considered that a feature, or am I doing something wrong? I switched to gdm with my fresh installation, I can start KDE and Gnome when I pick it in gdm, and I can start fvwm when I pick Debian. And after you used that once, it stays as the default. Now what am I doing wrong? I really like it the way it is (even though I don't use KDE or Gnome, but I could). It might be nicer if there were an fvwm, or fvwm95, or whatnot selection, though. It did take me some time figure out why fvwm would not run anymore with the fresh install and it would be good if it was fixed (in gdm) or at least documented. But its working for me now. Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:17:13PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > > Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either > > kdm or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options > > contains allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check > > here before filing it as a bug against those two packages. > > gdm ignores it, too. > > I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the > various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display > managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at > gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). > > Oh well. Nice to know I'm not going mad (or being overly stupid). Have to say that well and truly sucks. Oh well, I'll stick to xdm (I have an irrational, pathological dislike of everything gtk and gnome ;). (So sorry about breaking threads and quoting, but I read this as a news group) I've been messing with garnome, and have been using gdm to log in to it. ~/.Xsession definitely works, .xsession didn't if I recall correctly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:17:13PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > > Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either kdm > > or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options contains > > allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check here before > > filing it as a bug against those two packages. > > gdm ignores it, too. > > I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the > various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display > managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at > gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). > > Oh well. Nice to know I'm not going mad (or being overly stupid). Have to say that well and truly sucks. Oh well, I'll stick to xdm (I have an irrational, pathological dislike of everything gtk and gnome ;). Cheers Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
Branden Robinson wrote: gdm ignores it, too. I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). I use gdm and last time I tried it worked fine if you select "Debian" from the "Session" menu in gdm. Sucks that it's not the default, but it isn't exactly "at gunpoint", at least. I can't speak for any of the others, and I'm just a user anyway. Stuart. -- Stuart Ballard, Programmer NetReach - Internet Solutions (215) 283-2300, ext. 126 http://www.netreach.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either kdm > or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options contains > allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check here before > filing it as a bug against those two packages. gdm ignores it, too. I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). Oh well. -- G. Branden Robinson|Any man who does not realize that Debian GNU/Linux |he is half an animal is only half a [EMAIL PROTECTED] |man. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |-- Thornton Wilder pgpXMvCansSzO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:17:13PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > > Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either > > kdm or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options > > contains allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check > > here before filing it as a bug against those two packages. > > gdm ignores it, too. > > I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the > various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display > managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at > gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). > > Oh well. Nice to know I'm not going mad (or being overly stupid). Have to say that well and truly sucks. Oh well, I'll stick to xdm (I have an irrational, pathological dislike of everything gtk and gnome ;). (So sorry about breaking threads and quoting, but I read this as a news group) I've been messing with garnome, and have been using gdm to log in to it. ~/.Xsession definitely works, .xsession didn't if I recall correctly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XF4.2 packages think Alt is Meta
> the reason I use Alt to bind window-manager commands is that Meta is > used by Emacs... The Key Formerly Known As Meta (``Windows'') is now called Super. You should feel free to bind S-x in your window manager. > Ew. Well, I guess that if the X people don't care, and Branden > doesn't care, I'll just have to hack around it myself. You don't need to hack anything. Just specify the ``altwin:meta_win'' option in your config file. Juliusz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:17:13PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > > Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either kdm > > or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options contains > > allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check here before > > filing it as a bug against those two packages. > > gdm ignores it, too. > > I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the > various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display > managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at > gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). > > Oh well. Nice to know I'm not going mad (or being overly stupid). Have to say that well and truly sucks. Oh well, I'll stick to xdm (I have an irrational, pathological dislike of everything gtk and gnome ;). Cheers Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
Branden Robinson wrote: > gdm ignores it, too. > > I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the > various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display > managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at > gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). I use gdm and last time I tried it worked fine if you select "Debian" from the "Session" menu in gdm. Sucks that it's not the default, but it isn't exactly "at gunpoint", at least. I can't speak for any of the others, and I'm just a user anyway. Stuart. -- Stuart Ballard, Programmer NetReach - Internet Solutions (215) 283-2300, ext. 126 http://www.netreach.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 01:54:06PM +0100, Dave Swegen wrote: > Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either kdm > or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options contains > allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check here before > filing it as a bug against those two packages. gdm ignores it, too. I went to all this trouble to make session management nice for the various and sundry desktops in Debian, and then all the other display managers force people into the corresponding desktop environment at gunpoint ("because that's what upstream does"). Oh well. -- G. Branden Robinson|Any man who does not realize that Debian GNU/Linux |he is half an animal is only half a [EMAIL PROTECTED] |man. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |-- Thornton Wilder msg03697/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: XF4.2 packages think Alt is Meta
> the reason I use Alt to bind window-manager commands is that Meta is > used by Emacs... The Key Formerly Known As Meta (``Windows'') is now called Super. You should feel free to bind S-x in your window manager. > Ew. Well, I guess that if the X people don't care, and Branden > doesn't care, I'll just have to hack around it myself. You don't need to hack anything. Just specify the ``altwin:meta_win'' option in your config file. Juliusz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either kdm or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options contains allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check here before filing it as a bug against those two packages. Cheers Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kdm/wdm and ~/.xsession
Not sure if I'm being thick here (probably), but I can't get either kdm or wdm to read ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession/Xsession.options contains allow-user-xsession, and xdm works fine. Thought I'd check here before filing it as a bug against those two packages. Cheers Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]