Hello,
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> I want to run xdm on vt7, and kdm on vt8. So how do I do it?
I do not remember quite exactly the process how I managed to do it, but it
worked ...
Well, you have to set up two independent directories - /etc/X11/xdm and
/etc/X11/kdm (you can copy /etc/X11/xdm to /etc/X11/kdm). Then, in each one,
in the file Xservers set the proper display for particular manager, like
this:
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers :
:0 frcatel local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt7
/etc/X11/kdm/Xservers :
:1 frcatel local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt8
Then rename the file xdm-config to kdm-config (in etc/X11/kdm) and edit it,
you have to change paths from /etc/X11/xdm to /etc/X11/kdm.
Then, copy /etc/init.d/xdm to /etc/init.d/kdm and edit it. In
/etc/init.d/kdm replace the contents of variables $DAEMON and $PIDFILE with
proper values (DAEMON=/usr/local/kde/bin/kdm or so,
PIDFILE=/var/run/kdm.pid).
There is a very important thing - you have to tell kdm it should read its
config files from /etc/X11/kdm. You can do it by passing the argument
-config /etc/X11/kdm config
to kdm when launching. In the /etc/X11/kdm file you'll find this line:
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON
Change it to this:
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON -- -config
/etc/X11/kdm/kdm-config
(carefully about line breaks)
Save the /etc/X11/kdm .
As the last thing, issue the command
update-rc.d kdm defaults 99 01
so that the kdm will be launched every time the computer starts.
> Also, how do I force all my users to use /etc/X11/Xsession, rather
> than ~/.xsession??
Hmmm - they already use it, don't they? How do you know they aren't using
it?
But if you want to prohibit users from using their own .xsession (although
this is not a very good idea IMHO), comment the line
allow-user-xsession
in /etc/X11/config file.
All the very best,
Peter
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