>>>>> "Chanop" == Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chanop> On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 12:55:35PM -0500, David Kanter wrote: >> I'm going to try out GNOME this weekend, but have read about many >> problems regarding it's gpm. How can I avoid gpm from being >> installed during the installation? Will I be asked about this after >> installing the package? And is it possible to use my regular xdm >> with xbanner with GNOME? I assume it is. Chanop> What is gnome going to do with gpm? It's X, isn't it? If you Chanop> are talking about gdm, gnome display manager. For the current Chanop> version, you should stay away from it if you want XDMCP Chanop> function, last time I tried, it broke. FWIW, I _did_ have a problem with Gnome vs. gpm. It seems to be specific to Enlightenment WM, though; now that I switched back to WindowMaker it seems to be OK. gpm was periodically dying with "Too many open files". My guess is that Enlightenment doesn't properly shut down Unix sockets. -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107
