Re: GDM and XDM question.

[Benjamin Arai <benjamin araisoft com>]

I am actually tweaking LTSP to run stuff in a modified mannor and I had to remove the idea of runlevels from the system.  So I am currently left with a kernel that boots and can start X but I need to start the GDM to get it to where it look just like a Redhat logon prompt.

On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 22:42, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Benjamin Arai wrote:
> > Does Fedora use XDM or GDM for the logon manager and is it possible to
> > start the logon manager from init 3?
>
> GDM is the default, but XDM is available.  Add a line that reads
>
>      DISPLAYMANAGER="XDM"
>
> to /etc/sysconfig/desktop.
>
> Assuming that you have a proper XF86Config (or you have configured
> {g,x}dm not to start a local X server) it should be as simple as running
> the daemon from the command line.

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Benjamin Arai <benjamin araisoft com>

Araisoft Corp.