Re: GDM sessions....

2006-04-26 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:13:02 -0500
Eric Schuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Yeah... that's why I started out with XDM.  However, after some time, 
 and loading apps I was interested in, I turned around and noticed I was 
 only missing two GDM dependencies anyway... so I figured a little eye 
 candy can't hurt.

i'll be d... I just checked, andi think i have 1 or 2 packages missing...none
of the big gnome ones (i already have those!)... i think it's back to gdm
then :D... though I do seem to remember some kind of issue with sessions ;)

thanks for the info :)
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Re: GDM sessions.... [Solved]

2006-04-24 Thread Eric Schuele

Joseph Vella wrote:

On Sunday 23 April 2006 19:35, Eric Schuele wrote:

Norberto Meijome wrote:

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:02:53 -0500
Eric Schuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have GDM installed and working.  I *do not* have gnome installed.  I 
was hoping GDM would do as XDM and just run my .xsession.  But it does 
not.  I would simply like it to be an XDM replacement.  I


I stuck my head in a gnome IRC channel and got some pointers.  Got it 
running well now.





So what got it working for you?


Ah, yes... sorry.

So... I had found a few HowTo's on customizing GDM on the web.  All said 
similar things but nothing worked for me.  What they said to do *was* 
important, and in fact was 99% of the work.  So here's what I did to get 
GDM to run my .xsession file (last step did the trick):


 1) install /x11/gdm
 2) make sure you have an ~/.xsession file (setup however you like)
 3) make sure you have #!/bin/sh as first line
 4) make sure ~/.xsession is executable
 5) create a file /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/Sessions/MySession.desktop
(replace MySession with whatever name you like)
 6) Give it the following contents
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=XSession
Comment=This session will run your ~/.xsession
Exec=~/.xsession
Icon=
Type=Application
(feel free to change name and comment to liking)
 7) Edit your /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/gdm.conf. Search for 
SessionDesktopDir.  In my conf file it was commented out (plus a typo). 
 So I created a new SessionDesktopDir and pointed it where I placed my 
*.desktop file.  Such as SessionDesktopDir=/usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/Sessions/.


That's it.  My new session is now visible, and runs my .xsession 
seemingly just as XDM had.


There's plenty of eye candy for GDM.  I'm sure there is a port in ports 
that will install some, but haven't looked.  I simply copied a dir of 
themes from a gentoo box.


HTH.



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Re: GDM sessions....

2006-04-24 Thread Eric Schuele

Norberto Meijome wrote:

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:35:21 -0500
Eric Schuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Though I am starting to experiment with various display managers.  Can 
you tell me what it is you like (and dislike) about wdm (i've not heard 
much about wdm)?


port = x11/wdm

Very few dependencies (in particular, it doesnt depend on the GNOME or KDE lot).


Yeah... that's why I started out with XDM.  However, after some time, 
and loading apps I was interested in, I turned around and noticed I was 
only missing two GDM dependencies anyway... so I figured a little eye 
candy can't hurt.



Quite configurable.

it just works. looks better than the original XDM, though i didnt spend too
much time playing with XDM itself... i may go back to XDM, just to have less
ports on my system.

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Re: GDM sessions....

2006-04-23 Thread Pete Slagle

Eric Schuele wrote:

I have GDM installed and working.  I *do not* have gnome installed.  I 
was hoping GDM would do as XDM and just run my .xsession.  But it does 
not.  I would simply like it to be an XDM replacement.


I use KDM for this. Configuration is quite flexible.


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Re: GDM sessions....

2006-04-23 Thread Eric Schuele

Pete Slagle wrote:

Eric Schuele wrote:

I have GDM installed and working.  I *do not* have gnome installed.  I 
was hoping GDM would do as XDM and just run my .xsession.  But it does 
not.  I would simply like it to be an XDM replacement.


I use KDM for this. Configuration is quite flexible.



Yeah... I know.  I'll eventually get around to KDM, just playing with 
GDM presently.  GDM is supposed to be flexible as well.  I just can't 
seem to make it flex for me.  :)




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Re: GDM sessions....

2006-04-23 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:02:53 -0500
Eric Schuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have GDM installed and working.  I *do not* have gnome installed.  I 
 was hoping GDM would do as XDM and just run my .xsession.  But it does 
 not.  I would simply like it to be an XDM replacement.  I

I use wdm instead of XDM, KDM or GDM. I use xfce4, and launch xfce session from
my .xsession file. 

If you cant figure out how to tie it all together i can send relevant config
files.

Beto
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Re: GDM sessions....

2006-04-23 Thread Eric Schuele

Norberto Meijome wrote:

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:02:53 -0500
Eric Schuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have GDM installed and working.  I *do not* have gnome installed.  I 
was hoping GDM would do as XDM and just run my .xsession.  But it does 
not.  I would simply like it to be an XDM replacement.  I


I use wdm instead of XDM, KDM or GDM. I use xfce4, and launch xfce session from
my .xsession file. 


If you cant figure out how to tie it all together i can send relevant config
files.


I stuck my head in a gnome IRC channel and got some pointers.  Got it 
running well now.


Though I am starting to experiment with various display managers.  Can 
you tell me what it is you like (and dislike) about wdm (i've not heard 
much about wdm)?




Beto
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Re: GDM sessions....

2006-04-23 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:35:21 -0500
Eric Schuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Though I am starting to experiment with various display managers.  Can 
 you tell me what it is you like (and dislike) about wdm (i've not heard 
 much about wdm)?

port = x11/wdm

Very few dependencies (in particular, it doesnt depend on the GNOME or KDE lot).
Quite configurable.

it just works. looks better than the original XDM, though i didnt spend too
much time playing with XDM itself... i may go back to XDM, just to have less
ports on my system.

B
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Re: GDM sessions....

2006-04-23 Thread Joseph Vella
On Sunday 23 April 2006 19:35, Eric Schuele wrote:
 Norberto Meijome wrote:
  On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:02:53 -0500
  Eric Schuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  I have GDM installed and working.  I *do not* have gnome installed.  I 
  was hoping GDM would do as XDM and just run my .xsession.  But it does 
  not.  I would simply like it to be an XDM replacement.  I
  
  I use wdm instead of XDM, KDM or GDM. I use xfce4, and launch xfce session 
from
  my .xsession file. 
  
  If you cant figure out how to tie it all together i can send relevant 
config
  files.
 
 I stuck my head in a gnome IRC channel and got some pointers.  Got it 
 running well now.
 


So what got it working for you?

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