Re: (deb potato) How to set default window manager for a) system b)indivdual users

2000-12-07 Thread Jonathan Gift
Sorry to barge in, but I've been using .xinitrc. Aren't they comparable or are there differences. Running Linux didn't speak of any. And, since the first thing I did was remove xdm, still have an active xdm.log even though it's been apt-get removed -purged...? On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:26:10AM

Re: (deb potato) How to set default window manager for a) system b)indivdual users

2000-12-07 Thread Timothy C . Klein
If you are not using gdm, perhaps you like xdm or whatever, but there is another way. In each users home directory create an .xsession file. This should be an executable shell script. In the script, put a line to run whatever window manager you want for the user. Thus, for blackbox, use only

Re: (deb potato) How to set default window manager for a) system b)indivdual users

2000-12-07 Thread Sergey Suleymanov
> "Joerg" == Joerg Johannes writes: Joerg> I have no idea how to do this without graphical-login Joerg> manager... update-alternatives --config x-window-manager -- Sergey Suleimanov

Re: (deb potato) How to set default window manager for a) system b)indivdual users

2000-12-07 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi Martin If you use gdm (gnome desktop manager), it will promt each user logging in for the session he wants (and asks if he wants this session for default in future). The sessions are defined in /etc/gdm/Sessions, and the system-wide default session is a symlink /etc/gdm/Sessions/Defaults -> /e

(deb potato) How to set default window manager for a) system b)indivdual users

2000-12-07 Thread Martin Waller
Hello, The subject line says it all...there's no /etc/X11/window-managers file any more in potato and I want to change the default system window manager and find out how to get users to be able to change their own on login. Martin __