Hello again!
Thomas Adam schrieb:
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 09:54:11PM +0100, Roman wrote:Maybe you are right and a session manager is what I'm really looking for. I don't know, because I haven't found out what's the difference between a session manager and a display manager. Both words are commonly used in the same context.
Hello,
Hello -
I'm using FVWM since a few months now. First I started the easiest way
and used the .xinitrc to start fvwm. That works fine, but as soon as I
want to switch over to an other user without shutting down all running
programs it isn't a good solution. So i tried xdm, but that was not
what a really wanted. I'd like to have a somewhat more sophisticated
display manager like gdm or kdm. Are there any other display manager
Are you sure you don't mean a session manager, or at least something else? I haven't used {K,G}DM in a while, but I was not aware any of them could be used as "context switchers" in that regard. Of course, a display manager is just a graphical means to login (essentially) - what kind of other sophistication would you *need*, let alone want?
For what kind of sophistication: principially as much as possibly ;) - But when I wrote before, I meant similar capabilities as in WinXP. That's on the one hand a graphical login and a possibility to shutdown or restart the system without logging in before. (As far as I understand that's the purpose of a display manager) On the other hand I want to be able to simply switch the logged in user and then back again without disrupting any running programs. At least the newest version of kdm has this feature.
wdm sounds like a program, which is a step nearer the way I want it. I'll take a closer look at that.who are capable of managing different sessions at a time, ...? Or has
'wdm' is another display manager, and there is also 'sdm'.
sdm is only for remote sessions not for local ones
I took a nearer look at gdm. There I'd need to install about 8 to 10 additional libraries to get it to work. That would be worth it if it has all of the above mentioned capabilities.anybody some experience with setting up gdm or kdm for fvwm - I mean
without installing the whole kde or gnome packages?
Sorry, but in order for either {G,K}DM to function, you're going to need
the whole suite of applications that goes with it. One possible
solution is to start xdm on display :1, :2, etc.
-- Thomas Adam
thanks for your answers
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