On Monday 14 December 2009 12:22:42 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:56 +0000, Mick wrote: > > > The DE/WM to use is specified by whatever display manager you use. > > > Setting it in a global configuration file is pointless on a multi-user > > > system. > > > > So, where would you specify which DE/WM session the xdm Display > > Manager will load up for a specific user in a Gentoo set up? > > (assuming that there is such a thing as a Gentoo default way of doing > > this). > > I used xdm once, that was more than enough. gdm and kdm both have options > to do this, as did the one whose name I cannot remember that I tried > once. Alternatively, you can use the XSESSION environment variable or use > the standard .xinitrc/.xsession way of doing things. I'd either do that > latter or use a more flexible display manager, I find xdm horrible.
You're right, although xdm can be beautified if you have the time or inclination to look into /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources. When I am looking for my XSESSION I get nothing: $ echo $SESSION How do I set this up, other than Mike's suggestion of '/etc/env.d/90xsession'? -- Regards, Mick
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