Re: Linux 8.0 - Replacing Gnome with XDM

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 [email protected] wrote:

>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:43:04 -0500
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>Subject: Re: Linux 8.0 - Replacing Gnome with XDM
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>Feigning erudition, Herman Buel wrote:
>% 
>% What is the standard way to disable GNOME and only come up with XDM ?
>
>I presume that "Linux 8.0" means Red Hat Linux 8.0 (or perhaps SuSE
>or Mandrake) -- there being no such monster as "Linux 8.0" that I'm
>aware of. If you are talking about Red Hat Linux 8.0, the way I would
>do it is to edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop and set DESKTOP="", then to
>edit /etc/X11/prefdm and change the line that reads "preferred="
>to read "preferred=xdm". If memory serves, you might be able to 
>use the GUI Login Manager tool to change the display manager, but
>I don't use Crimson Fedora, so you're on your own there.

In /etc/sysconfig/desktop, set:

DISPLAYMANAGER=xdm


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