On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 05:27:07AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > >> Why on a system with kdm already installed are twm and xdm required? > > >xdm scripts are used by kdm > > Is this an upstream "feature"?
This is a framework developped and well maintained by SUSE and used by xdm/kdm/gdm on our distribution since a long time now. Are you interested in replacing it with something different? > >twm is still used as a fallback by the xdm init script. > > That I have noticed on occasion, and usually find that it starts > instead of a KDE session (that won't start because something's > broken or missing) annoying. Still better than no WM at all IMO. > Meanwhile I have one B2 system on which "init 5/telinit 5" instantly > returns zilch and no new Xorg.0.log, while startx works fine. I may > just make that my next target of a fresh install instead of trying > to figure out why. :-p Well, I didn't manage to install openSUSE 12.2 Beta2 at all so far, so you're already *steps* further than me. ;-) Thanks, Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany -------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
