> > > > http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~civileme > > > > > > > > Download the file Xtart > > > > > >I wonder -- is this something I should try? I posted several messages > > >some time ago about having lost the default LM login screen (with the > > >cartoon penguins) and with it the ability to use window managers > > >other than KDE. > > > > Did you create a .xinitrc file in your home directory? > Xtart checks the window managers assigned valid menus on your system and offers you >a > text menu of them. It does not use .xinitrc. It does not use chksession, and it >does not use > .Xauthority. It is a simple tool to give you access to all your wms from Console. >It > reads only the files in the directory /etc/X11/wmsession.d/ and does its own variant >of chksession. Anyway, the problem I'm having occurs before I log in. What used to happen before I had this problem was that the machine would boot up, and when it was done I would see the graphical user/password login screen with the cartoon penguins representing users. If I remember clearly, there was also a dropdown chooser that I could use to select KDE, Gnome, etc. on that screen. (There was also a shutdown button, which is what I really miss most.) NOW what happens is the exact same thing, only instead of the login screen I describe above I get a KDE login screen. Remember, I haven't logged in yet, so putting anything in my home directory isn't going to help me -- what I need to know is what's the system equivalent of the .xinitrc or whatever, and how I need to set it to get the old login screen back (along with the ability to choose window managers and shut the machine down without logging in). This is LM7.2 if that helps. Mark Shaw
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