Thank you, that definitively solved the problem. I'm getting a little confused about these managers. What is the difference between display, session, login and window manager and what are examples for them? I'm asking just for curiosity...
Regards, Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim On 4 May 2005 at 12:33, Rene Tapia wrote: > > > > So how could I set which window manager is > > started by the DM? > > I missed the previous parte of the thread, so I am not > sure if what you want is to change the login manager > or the session manager. > > To change the default session manager I used: > update-alternatives --set x-session-manager > /usr/bin/startkde > > This starts KDE after loging-in (instead of Gnome), > even though I am still using gdm to log in, which is > the default in Debian. > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I can't figure that out! I summarize the previous > > state: > > > > 1.) console says: kdm and wdm are started (kdm > > because of the > > "false" value in the conf-script, wdm because it's > > the default-display- > > manager) > > 2.) kdm takes over and runs kde. According to pstree > > and ps no wdm > > is running. > > > > What I did: > > 1.) I set the default display manager to kdm > > 2.) I set update-alternatives --set x-window-manager > > /usr/bin/kwin > > which should be kde. > > > > What happens: > > 1.) console says kdm is started > > 2.) But it's not kdm, I get a login window from > > another DM > > 3.) When I log in I get a gnome session, which I > > never selected and > > according to pstree no wdm is running but there are > > lots of "gnome-" > > things... > > > > And of course, if I set the default-display-manager > > back to wdm it's > > wdm *and* kdm that get started again and I get my > > kde session. > > > > Any other advice? Thanks again! > > Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim > > > > > > On 3 May 2005 at 15:53, Jon Dowland wrote: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > But when I set the DM to kdm in > > /etc/X11/default-display-manager I get > > > > a totally different *window* manager, i. e. I > > get XFCE4 instead of > > > > KDE. That's even stranger as I thought that kdm > > would start kde. But > > > > it obviously doesn't. In this case at least only > > kdm is started and > > > > not wdm. > > > > > > > > So how could I set which window manager is > > started by the DM? > > > > > > That's easier (I think): controlled by > > update-alternatives. > > > > > > # update-alternatives --list x-window-manager > > > > > > shows you what it can be, and > > > > > > # update-alternatives --set x-window-manager > > <path> > > > > > > where <path> is one of the options from the first > > command. > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
