On 22-Jan-99 Brian Morgan wrote: > Thanks to all who have helped me get X up and running. I'm using xdm to > start my X sessions (not sure if I'll keep it). A few more questions: > > 1. If I decide I'd rather get rid of xdm, and use startx instead, what file > to I need to modify to get to a console login on startup rather than the > graphical xdm login?
In /etc/X11 is all the X config. One of the files in there contains "start-xdm", it may /etc/X11/Xservers, I forget. > > 2. If I do decide to keep xdm, what file do I modify to change my default > windows manager (similar to the .xinitrc file when using startx). On a per user basis, there is a file in ~ to edit, again I forget the name. I think you can actually make a link .xinitrc -> ???? and xdm will read it. Try looking in the xdm docs (or man page). > > .3 Does xdm put any limitations on using gnome if I decide to use that in > the future? Once you have per user config, you can start whatever you want, even GNOME.
