Hi Joseph, On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 07:49:46PM +0530, Joseph wrote: > Hi, > I have been using xdm as my display manager recently on Debian > Potato 2.2. I would like to replace it by gdm. For this I have the > following queries :- > 1) Recently I read in this mailing list that to use gdm I have to remove > xdm. Cannot both of them coexist? i.e. both of them are installed. If > yes then what precautions do I have to take?
I wouldn't know why you want them both to coexist. Do you want to login twice? ;-) > 2) From where can I obtain .deb packages of gdm? With apt-get. Are you familiar with apt-get? If you are, and you have sources.list correctly configured in /etc/apt then you just login as root and type: apt-get install gdm > 3) Where Can I find good documentation about gdm? What I am looking for > is installation, configuration and maintance. I would start by installing gdm with apt-get, and then look at the manual of gdm, by typing: man gdm In this manual you may find references to other documents on the web. > I have some experience in linux/unix field. So if the answers are > a little technical in nature are also welcome. Oh well, if you said that at the beginning of your mail... ;-) > Thanks in Advance to all those who answer > ---- > Have a Nice day. > To mail me remove ".removethispart." from my email id, including the > dots/period > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
