Tom wrote: > Hey, > > I'm sorry, but I'm no longer sure: where does my display manager (i.e. > kdm, at the moment) collect its list of available window managers? I > really tried to come up with an answer myself, but the configuration > files that just may have something to do with this topic are happily > chaining and symlinking. > > The most plausible place I can think of would be /usr/share/xsessions, > but it merely contains 4 .desktop-files, while I have more options > available from KDM. > > May I call it utter chaos, or is it really, once more, just me?
I do not use KDM, but this excerpt from /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf may shed some light on the subject. It mentions interoperability with KDM. GDM seems to get them from multiple sources, including some not mentioned here. Notice in particular SessionDesktopDir= x-snip----------------------------------------------- # This is our standard startup script. A bit different from a normal # X session, but it shares a lot of stuff with that. See the provided # default for more information. BaseXsession=/etc/gdm/Xsession # This is a directory where .desktop files describing the sessions live # It is really a PATH style variable since 2.4.4.2 to allow actual # interoperability with KDM #SessionDesktopDir=/etc/X11/sessions/:/etc/dm/Sessions/:/usr/share/xsessions/ # This is the default .desktop session. One of the ones in SessionDesktopDir DefaultSession=default.desktop x-snip------------------------------------------------- Hope this helps, Paul -- /********************** Running Debian Linux ************************ * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * ********** W. Paul Mills ********** http://Mills-USA.com/ **********/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]