Multiple logins with XDM

2011-07-19 Thread Aidan Gauland
Hi,

I am on squeeze using XDM as my display manager and XScreenSaver.  When
I click the New Login button from the locked screensaver dialog,
XScreenSaver complains about not being able to find gdmflexiserver.  So
it seems to expect GDM, but I prefer a simpler display manager such as
XDM.  Do I have to use GDM if I want to have multiple logins, or do I
simply need to tweak XScreenSaver's configuration?

Regards,
Aidan Gauland


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Re: Multiple logins with XDM

2011-07-19 Thread didier gaumet
Le Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:02:24 +1200,
Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz a écrit :

 Hi,
 
 I am on squeeze using XDM as my display manager and XScreenSaver.
 When I click the New Login button from the locked screensaver
 dialog, XScreenSaver complains about not being able to find
 gdmflexiserver.  So it seems to expect GDM, but I prefer a simpler
 display manager such as XDM.  Do I have to use GDM if I want to have
 multiple logins, or do I simply need to tweak XScreenSaver's
 configuration?

Maybe you can modify in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver* the value of
the newLoginCommand parameter.
xdm man page warns though of its difficulties to manage properly
multiple window systems (see the Limitations section) and recommends to
use xinit.
So something like xinit launching xdm as the newLoginCommand could do
the trick... (I have never tested this kind of setup)


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