choose the default display manager
Hello!
When my box (Sarge) starts up I see the following messages on
console 1:
Not starting GNOME Display Manager (gdm); it is not the default
display manager.
Starting K Display Manager: kdm.
Starting WINGs display manager: wdm.
Not starting X display manager (xdm); it is not the default display
manager.
What can I learn from that? It seems to start two display managers.
Strange enough, I don't get any error messages. But in which conf-file
can I actually set the display manager that is used?! I tried dpkg-
reconfigure {gdm|kdm|wdm|xdm} which lets me choose the default
display manager. That doesn't change anything, yet.
And how can I tell which display manager has been used? I'm just
curious, because I can't recognize anything familiar. And I'm pretty
sure that I know what gdm and kdm should look like.
Thanks for your help.
Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim
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Re: choose the default display manager
OK, thank you, your suggestions put some light on the problem. But I still have
questions...
On 3 May 2005 at 11:48, Jon Dowland wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Not starting GNOME Display Manager (gdm); it is not the default
> >display manager.
> >Starting K Display Manager: kdm.
> >Starting WINGs display manager: wdm.
> >Not starting X display manager (xdm); it is not the default display
> >manager.
> >
> Hmm weird. each of the display managers are from the standard debian
> packages?
Yes, I think so. I use the normal packages from testing.
> Which DM actually comes up?
It's kdm. The output of pstree shows kdestart as childprocess of kdm. My window
manager is KDE.
> What's in /etc/X11/default-display-manager ? Failing that, in
> /etc/init.d/{g|k|x|w}dm, is HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER always set to true?
In /etc/X11/default-display-manager the DM was wdm.
But: HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER was set to false in /etc/init.d/kdm. True in
the other three cases. That might explain the fact that both are started.
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?
When I set HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER to true in all four
/etc/init.d/{g|k|x|w}dm I never get kde but always XFCE4 no matter if I choose kdm or
wdm in /etc/X11/default-display-manager. I only get KDE when kdm *and* wdm are
started. Any ideas why that could be? And why on earth does the DM start XFCE4 as
window manager which I don't recall to have ever installed.
Thanks,
Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim
Re: choose the default display manager
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 > > where is one of the options from the first command. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: choose the default display manager
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 > > > > > > > > where 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]
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