as i remember it, you should have no problems with apt-get remove xdm gdm
also, while we are on this subject, i seem to remember reading something about how ~/.xinitrc still works, but ~/.xsession is the "offical" X initialization script for debian? I ran into this while trying to figure out how to disable gnome for certain users and let users choose what window manager to use when they type startx. jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "D-Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Debian-List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 9:53 PM Subject: RE: Default Window Manager > ahh, now I understand your directions better. > > How do I uninstall xdm and install gdm, or for that matter how do I just > remove xdm completely? > > thanks, > > Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > From: D-Man [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:38 PM > To: Debian-List > Subject: Re: Default Window Manager > > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:53:23PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > | X is currently being started by xdm I believe. > | The system start twm as the current default WM and I am not getting any > | error messages just not the WM I want. > | I didn't have any .xinitrc files on the system so after reading the other > | message I created one even though it didn't seem to do anything. Currently > | my .xinitrc file simply says 'echo gnome-session'. > > echo-ing gnome-session won't do much good. It's almost, but not quite > what you need. The command in the directions was > > $ echo gnome-session >> ~/.xinitrc > > the result would have > > gnome-session > > in your .xinitrc file. Try removing the 'echo' from the command. > Also have .xinitrc executable (as someone else already said). You > could also try having 'exec gnome-session' in your .xinitrc instead. > > I would also recommend switching to 'gdm' instead of 'xdm' as gdm is > more gnome friendly. I say that because the GNOME people made gdm and > it uses gtk like the rest of gnome. > > HTH, > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
