On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:26, George Petri wrote:
> I have been having significant problems with the chooser as well but AFAIK:
> > Setting
> >
> > * CHOOSER BROADCAST #any indirect host can get a chooser
> >
> > In /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess seems to have no effect in XDM.
>
> Keep the Xaccess file like it is -- with that line -- i.e. the default
> settings that come with mandrake.
>
> > Likewise in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf even though the file points to the
> > chooser (as is the default) how do I get it to display?
>
> I don't think gpm supports the chooser.
Yes it does. In fact it has better chooser support than KDM, and it is
configurable. This is with Ximian GNOME, though. I don't know about
Mandrake's version.
> > How do you enable the chooser (so it shows a list of hosts at the
> > console's graphical login screen) in GDM and KDM (and for that matter
> > xdm) in Mandrake 8.0.
>
> You basically need kdm or xdm to be running in the background as a daemon.
> Then, typing X <displaynumber> -indirect <any X server on your network>
> should make kdm or xdm bring up the chooser for you for that display
> e.g. X :1 -indirect localhost
>
> To bring up the chooser at startup, I guess, you will have to add the line
> "x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -indirect localhost" just before the last
> line of /etc/inittab (mandrake 7.2), "x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm
> -nodaemon":
>
> No warranties, though! I have given up trying this anyway!
>
> George
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