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jza 02-02-2006 04:55 PM

how to change default login manager (for runlevel 5)
 
i am trying to setup some systems to that they start a simple xdm login manager. However, I haven't had any success.
I've chenged /etc/X11/xinitrc/Xclients to simply say:
exec xdm

then, in /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession
exec xdm
and in /etc/sysconfig/desktop:

DESKTOP="xdm"
DISPLAYMANAGER="wmaker"


However, i have had no luck
:(

paul_mat 02-02-2006 09:40 PM

edit the /etc/inittab file

jza 02-03-2006 04:43 PM

i did, it is set to start at runlevel 5. In fact if I start with runlevel 3 and startx manually (or call xdm) it works fine

doublejoon 02-10-2006 08:46 AM

edit /etc/X11/prefdm

# Run preferred X display manager
preferred= xdm


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