Re: New graphical login manager wdm
Okay, I think I see now. Wdm extends xdm to give you the ability to pick the window manager/desktop environment without the bloat of KDE or Gnome and xfce is a desktop environment. Thank you. I may look at wdm when I get my system hardware backup. Collins wrote: On Thursday 20 February 2003 04:14 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: How does this fit in with xfce - aren't they both window managers? Sorry, I didn't completely answer your question. Top posting always confuses me! xfce is a window manager, but you can't use it to do graphical login management (run level 5 on most systems). -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New graphical login manager wdm
On Thursday 20 February 2003 07:26 pm, Kurt Wall wrote: Feigning erudition, Collins wrote: % FYI, % % A user on another group pointed out this package, and I like it. Wdm is based % on xdm, but it allows you complete choice of Session type, reboot or % shutdown, etc. from the gui login panel. % % The home page is : http://voins.program.ru/wdm/ % % I'm using wdm-1.22 from a gentoo ebuild, but there is a bug in pam support % which the author will fix soon and release 1.22.1. If you need his % workaround for 1.22, let me know. % % BTW, there is a gentoo ebuild for wdm, but it hasn't been released because of % work on the gentoo 1.4_final release. If you need the ebuild, cf. gentoo % bugzilla #15660. Alas, it has a dependency on WindowMaker = 0.17.5 for the WINGs and wraster libs and headers. yes, it requires something called wraster libs that are supplied by wmaker. Fortunately, you only need to install, not run wmaker. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New graphical login manager wdm
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 05:11:41 -0700 Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A user on another group pointed out this package, and I like it. Wdm is based on xdm, but it allows you complete choice of Session type, reboot or shutdown, etc. from the gui login panel. Collins, I assume you don't use gnome since gdm does all that too. Roger -- Powered by GENTOO LINUX ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New graphical login manager wdm
On Thursday 20 February 2003 05:50 pm, el lodger wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 05:11:41 -0700 Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A user on another group pointed out this package, and I like it. Wdm is based on xdm, but it allows you complete choice of Session type, reboot or shutdown, etc. from the gui login panel. Collins, I assume you don't use gnome since gdm does all that too. Right, I don't, and I don't always use kde either. therefore I avoid kdm and gdm. Wdm is a good solution for the user who wants to throw less in the way of resources into login/window management. You can have a nice system with wdm plus xfce, blackbox, etc., etc. without waiting 3-40 seconds just to start a window manager. It's academic to me at the moment, because I'm running KDE, but kdm has some sort of a bug (a qt flaw) that makes it take forever to start, so I've scrapped it in favor of wdm. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New graphical login manager wdm
Feigning erudition, Collins wrote: % FYI, % % A user on another group pointed out this package, and I like it. Wdm is based % on xdm, but it allows you complete choice of Session type, reboot or % shutdown, etc. from the gui login panel. % % The home page is : http://voins.program.ru/wdm/ % % I'm using wdm-1.22 from a gentoo ebuild, but there is a bug in pam support % which the author will fix soon and release 1.22.1. If you need his % workaround for 1.22, let me know. % % BTW, there is a gentoo ebuild for wdm, but it hasn't been released because of % work on the gentoo 1.4_final release. If you need the ebuild, cf. gentoo % bugzilla #15660. Alas, it has a dependency on WindowMaker = 0.17.5 for the WINGs and wraster libs and headers. Kurt -- Do what comes naturally now. Seethe and fume and throw a tantrum. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New graphical login manager wdm
Feigning erudition, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: % How does this fit in with xfce - aren't they both window managers? It's a display manager, like xdm, kdm, and gdm... Kurt -- Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. -- Richard Nixon ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New graphical login manager wdm
On Thursday 20 February 2003 04:14 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: How does this fit in with xfce - aren't they both window managers? Collins wrote: FYI, A user on another group pointed out this package, and I like it. Wdm is based on xdm, but it allows you complete choice of Session type, reboot or shutdown, etc. from the gui login panel. The home page is : http://voins.program.ru/wdm/ I'm using wdm-1.22 from a gentoo ebuild, but there is a bug in pam support which the author will fix soon and release 1.22.1. If you need his workaround for 1.22, let me know. BTW, there is a gentoo ebuild for wdm, but it hasn't been released because of work on the gentoo 1.4_final release. If you need the ebuild, cf. gentoo bugzilla #15660. Enjoy, Confustion in terms - xdm wdm gdm kdm are graphical login managers that allow you to complete the login porcess and (either directly or under the covers) start your choice of window manager. With xdm (much ligher weight than kdm or gdm) you only get the equivalent of a startx operation (i.e., you must have hard coded a window manager). wdm supplies the missing functionality in xdm. The advantage over kdm or gdm is that you don't have to install (and load) kde or gnome to get a flexible graphical login manager. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New graphical login manager wdm
On Thursday 20 February 2003 04:14 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: How does this fit in with xfce - aren't they both window managers? Sorry, I didn't completely answer your question. Top posting always confuses me! xfce is a window manager, but you can't use it to do graphical login management (run level 5 on most systems). -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
