Re: Troubles creating sessions
Fernando Álvarez-Uría <[email protected]> Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:48:29 +0100
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Pedro Silva escribió: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 21:49, Fernando Álvarez-Uría wrote: > >>Hi all! >> >>Ive just installed xfce4; it creates an entry in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions >>called Xfce4, but it doesnt appear in the menu of gdm (the loging screen). >> >>Does anyone knows where to place the scripts for starting new sessions >>of window managers? >> >>Untill redhat9, it was done as usual: putting the script in >>/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions. > > > Hi! > > I've just installed XFce4 through rpms (from xfce.org) and have the same > problem. > I found a way to make it work but it's no solution. During login, choose > Failsafe Terminal from session menu. This will log you in only with a > xterm window. In xterm execute: /usr/bin/startxfce4. > This will start XFCE, but you can never close the first xterm because it > will log you out. > > Hoping to get a xfce freshrpm soon. > > Thank you. I have already tried this; what im wondering is where is the information that gdm needs to be able to manage other sessions than gnome, kde or failsafe. I dont know the reason of this change of behavior, but im not sure it benefits so much this distro... -- Fernando Álvarez-Uría Madrid, Spain [email protected] -- fedora-test-list mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list