Ermm. I do not understand why this is being discussed. Whenever a new Window Manager RPM is installed an entry is automatically put into the list of Window Managers.
There is no need to do anything. That of course is true so long as the RPM was a 'Mandrake' RPM The mail from me quoted below was how to get a session type for a 'non Mandrake' RPM. So if you want an entry for Blackbox for example, all you need do is urpmi blackbox derek On Friday 20 Jun 2003 8:17 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > eric huff wrote: > >>How can I add session types ( kde, gnome etc ) to users when you > >>are not yet on desktop. > >>I can drop to a root terminal, but what do I call ? > > > ><big snip> > > > >>Where do I go to add these desktops to the login managers session > >>menu ? > > > >I thin kthis is what you want. > >Here are excerpts from emails on Speednix (using pekwm as an > >example): > > > >---------------------------------- > > From Derek: > >It is quite easy to get an entry in kdm,gdm,Xtart Just define a file > >/etc/X11/wmsession.d/19pekwm > > > >Containing :- > > > >NAME=pekwm > >ICON=pekwm.png > >EXEC=/usr/bin/pekwm (or wherever your executable is) > >DESC=Windowmanager based on the original blackbox-code > >SCRIPT: > >exec /usr/bin/pekwm > > > >Then pekwm will come up as an option in kdm etc as the 19th Window > >Manager > >(1 to 18 have already been defined by Mandrake) > > > >derek > >----------------------------- > > From Todd: > >Sweet, now I have entries for fluxbox, xfce4, oroborus, and pekwm. > > > >I did have to go into /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and add those to > >the > >list there. I couldn't find a program that would do it. I thought > >maybe > >it would scan /etc/X11/wmsession.d/ for you and update the list > >automagiclly. > > That looks like it , thanks, I will look into it some and report. > > John -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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