Re: How to set xdm as default
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 03:31, Terence Ng wrote: > Hi, > > I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager to > contain /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm > > I have use rcconf to modify /etc/rc?.d > > I have run dpkg --purge gdm > > I have run dpkg-reconfigure -plow xdm > > But startup shows xdm is not the default manager. > > Any idea? > Haven't u tried update-alternatives --config display-manager? (I'm not sure it's possible, but I'd say yes :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 22:29, Lawrence Houston wrote: > Terence: > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Terence Ng wrote: > > > I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager to > > contain /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm > > Startup Script is actual testing for "/usr/bin/X11/xdm", modify > /etc/X11/default-display-manager accordingly... > > Lawrence Houston -- ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I found that xdm,gdm and kdm have these lines in common. - # To start xdm even if it is not the default display manager, change # HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER to "false." HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER=true DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE=/etc/X11/default-display-manager --- HTH -- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: How to set xdm as default
Terence: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Terence Ng wrote: > I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager to > contain /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm Startup Script is actual testing for "/usr/bin/X11/xdm", modify /etc/X11/default-display-manager accordingly... Lawrence Houston -- ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
Hi, I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager to contain /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm I have use rcconf to modify /etc/rc?.d I have run dpkg --purge gdm I have run dpkg-reconfigure -plow xdm But startup shows xdm is not the default manager. Any idea? --- Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 06:43:46PM +0200, Mario > Vukelic wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 12:00, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which xdm > > > /usr/bin/X11/xdm > > > > And: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/X11 > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 12 May 25 > 11:08 /usr/bin/X11 -> > > ../X11R6/bin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ > ah ok, hadnt noticed that! > > -- > hugh > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
Yes, it is located in /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm. Because there is a shortcut in /usr/bin/X11, it is the same as in /usr/X11R6/bin. --- Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:39:08AM +0800, Terence Ng > wrote: > > I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager, > it > > shows: > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm > have you checked that xdm actually exists in that > location? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which xdm > /usr/bin/X11/xdm > > -- > hugh > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 06:43:46PM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 12:00, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which xdm > > /usr/bin/X11/xdm > > And: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/X11 > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 12 May 25 11:08 /usr/bin/X11 -> > ../X11R6/bin > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ ah ok, hadnt noticed that! -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 12:00, Hugh Saunders wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which xdm > /usr/bin/X11/xdm And: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/X11 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 12 May 25 11:08 /usr/bin/X11 -> ../X11R6/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~ $ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:39:08AM +0800, Terence Ng wrote: > I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager, it > shows: > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm have you checked that xdm actually exists in that location? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which xdm /usr/bin/X11/xdm -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
Hi, I have run: dpkg --purge gdm, dpkg-reconfigure -plow xdm I have modified /etc/X11/default-display-manager, it shows: /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm After I reboot, it still shows that xdm is not the default display manager. Best regards, Terence --- Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 08:57:19PM +0100, Colin > Watson wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:42:43PM +0100, Hugh > Saunders wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:10:17PM +0200, Mario > Vukelic wrote: > > > > First, you really should use aptitude to > install and remove stuff. > > > > Try that first. > > > > > > Its fine to suggest aptitude, its usefull in > some situations, but i > > > dont think you can say that people _should_ use > it. People can install > > > packages however they like apt-get, dpkg, > aptitude, synaptic, wajig, > > > etc. > > > > However, I think it's safe to say that if they > can't debug their own > > problems then they shouldn't be using dpkg > directly. :) > > well maybe im a strange case, but i seem to learn by > breaking stuff :) > > -- > hugh > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 08:57:19PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:42:43PM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:10:17PM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > > First, you really should use aptitude to install and remove stuff. > > > Try that first. > > > > Its fine to suggest aptitude, its usefull in some situations, but i > > dont think you can say that people _should_ use it. People can install > > packages however they like apt-get, dpkg, aptitude, synaptic, wajig, > > etc. > > However, I think it's safe to say that if they can't debug their own > problems then they shouldn't be using dpkg directly. :) well maybe im a strange case, but i seem to learn by breaking stuff :) -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:42:43PM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:10:17PM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > First, you really should use aptitude to install and remove stuff. > > Try that first. > > Its fine to suggest aptitude, its usefull in some situations, but i > dont think you can say that people _should_ use it. People can install > packages however they like apt-get, dpkg, aptitude, synaptic, wajig, > etc. However, I think it's safe to say that if they can't debug their own problems then they shouldn't be using dpkg directly. :) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 17:42, Hugh Saunders wrote: > Its fine to suggest aptitude, its usefull in some situations, but i dont > think you can say that people _should_ use it. People can install packages > however they like apt-get, dpkg, aptitude, synaptic, wajig, etc. Sure, however, they should really use package managers that take care of depends/suggests and such, and not the low-level tools. aptitude does a great job in solving problems like the one at hand. Manually invoking dpkg should be a last resort -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 07:58:38AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:36:06PM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man dpkg-reconfigure |grep plow > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > > been doing some farming?? > > The man page is out of date if it doesn't include -plow... ah spotted this: -pvalue, --priority=value Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed. dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no matter what your default priority is. i guess -plow means --priority=low excuse my denseness. -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:36:06PM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man dpkg-reconfigure |grep plow > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > been doing some farming?? The man page is out of date if it doesn't include -plow... - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+7ImeJ5vLSqVpK2kRApOeAKCJeualBLHFuwUIcXtBb8peEYRm0wCgk8DJ q7at4CTGV5nd39RJQCfHNGY= =s/Lg -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:10:17PM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > First, you really should use aptitude to install and remove stuff. Try > that first. Its fine to suggest aptitude, its usefull in some situations, but i dont think you can say that people _should_ use it. People can install packages however they like apt-get, dpkg, aptitude, synaptic, wajig, etc. -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 07:12:43AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Since there's no real benefit to having more than one display manager > installed, dpkg --purge gdm, dpkg-reconfigure -plow xdm [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man dpkg-reconfigure |grep plow [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ been doing some farming?? -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 15:45, Terence Ng wrote: > I cannot remove gdm by running: dpkg --remove gdm First, you really should use aptitude to install and remove stuff. Try that first. In general, copying the error messages is more likely to generate helpful answers that just saying you "cannot" :) > and I have already installed xdm So, does > > edit /etc/X11/default-display-manager to read > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm. help? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 07:19:25PM +0800, Terence Ng wrote: > but message shows: > Not starting X display manager (xdm); it is not the > default display manager. > > I have viewed /etc/X11/default-display-manager > and it shows: > /etc/bin/gdm > What can I do? Since there's no real benefit to having more than one display manager installed, dpkg --purge gdm, dpkg-reconfigure -plow xdm - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+7H7bJ5vLSqVpK2kRAreXAKCLR41zDxiN74REZZ2hUoHY/MURkgCglqTY QvoJKj1RRmtG3YvCOQkGCyE= =yAVV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
I cannot remove gdm by running: dpkg --remove gdm and I have already installed xdm --- Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 13:19, Terence Ng wrote: > > > I have viewed /etc/X11/default-display-manager > > and it shows: > > /etc/bin/gdm > > > > but I do not know how to set, since there is no > > /etc/bin/xdm such file. > > If xdm is installed, edit > /etc/X11/default-display-manager to read > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm. > Maybe this is done automatically if you remove gdm > and reinstall xdm > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 07:19:25PM +0800, Terence Ng wrote: > Hi! > > How do I set xdm as default? I have tried: > rcconf and select xdm and > /etc/init.d/xdm start > > but message shows: > Not starting X display manager (xdm); it is not the > default display manager. > > I have viewed /etc/X11/default-display-manager > and it shows: > /etc/bin/gdm > > but I do not know how to set, since there is no > /etc/bin/xdm such file. > > What can I do? which xdm >/etc/X11/default-display-manager -- hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set xdm as default
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 13:19, Terence Ng wrote: > I have viewed /etc/X11/default-display-manager > and it shows: > /etc/bin/gdm > > but I do not know how to set, since there is no > /etc/bin/xdm such file. If xdm is installed, edit /etc/X11/default-display-manager to read /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm. Maybe this is done automatically if you remove gdm and reinstall xdm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to set xdm as default
Hi! How do I set xdm as default? I have tried: rcconf and select xdm and /etc/init.d/xdm start but message shows: Not starting X display manager (xdm); it is not the default display manager. I have viewed /etc/X11/default-display-manager and it shows: /etc/bin/gdm but I do not know how to set, since there is no /etc/bin/xdm such file. What can I do? Best regards, Terence ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
