If you install kde over gnome does it overwrite gdm? i mean does gnome work under kdm? I went through a few links under google but none could give me an answer!
Or do the display managers work exclusively as in Gnome by default uses gdm whenever you log into gnome and kde uses kdm whenever i log into KDE?
Sachin G. Nambiar
On Sunday 28 Jan 2007 15:32:29 Sachin G Nambiar wrote:
If you install kde over gnome does it overwrite gdm? i mean does gnome work under kdm? I went through a few links under google but none could give me an answer!
Or do the display managers work exclusively as in Gnome by default uses gdm whenever you log into gnome and kde uses kdm whenever i log into KDE?
Sachin G. Nambiar
Yes, everything works under everything else. Just set up a proper Xsessions file for gnome and your KDM will see it and vice versa. This is why standardisation matters. The standard here is the X protocol.
On 1/28/07, Sachin G Nambiar bomlug@snambiar.com wrote:
If you install kde over gnome does it overwrite gdm? i mean does gnome work under kdm? I went through a few links under google but none could give me an answer!
Anything can work with anything; meaning you can have kdm and gnome or gdm and kde. The only thing is that you ought to select one default display manager from kdm and gdm if both are installed. It's easy to configure with debian since it simply asks you for the default when you install them.
Once you start any display manager (gdm/kdm/xdm) you can select the session, which could be anything; gnome, kde, xfce, etc.
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 03:32:29PM +0530, Sachin G Nambiar wrote:
If you install kde over gnome does it overwrite gdm? i mean does gnome work under kdm? I went through a few links under google but none could give me an answer!
Unless your distribution changes the display manager, no. In Debian, for example, when you install kdm, you are asked to choose between kdm, gdm and xdm (assuming all of them are installed). Same holds while installing gdm.
And I have used GNOME wih KDM and KDE with GDM. However, I couldn't directly shut down my computer from KDE if I had logged in through GDM, IIRC (not sure though). No other problems.
Or do the display managers work exclusively as in Gnome by default uses gdm whenever you log into gnome and kde uses kdm whenever i log into KDE?
The running of the display manager presupposes logging into GNOME or KDE, right? And the work of the display manager is over once you are logged in, till you log out again.
Kumar
On Sunday 28 Jan 2007 16:00:13 Kumar Appaiah wrote:
And I have used GNOME wih KDM and KDE with GDM. However, I couldn't directly shut down my computer from KDE if I had logged in through GDM, IIRC (not sure though). No other problems.
That's nothing to do with GDM I guess. Change the settings in the KDE Control Panel.
2007/1/28, Mrugesh Karnik mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com:
On Sunday 28 Jan 2007 16:00:13 Kumar Appaiah wrote:
And I have used GNOME wih KDM and KDE with GDM. However, I couldn't directly shut down my computer from KDE if I had logged in through GDM, IIRC (not sure though). No other problems.
That's nothing to do with GDM I guess. Change the settings in the KDE Control Panel.
I think Kumar has a point here. I also noticed this behavior, if login into KDE from GDM it won't let you shutdown directly (you have to log off from KDE and shutdown from gdm). The same with KDM and GNOME.
It would be great if someone using both could just confirm it.
Cheers Praveen
On Sunday 28 January 2007 16:30, പ്രവീണ്|Praveen എ|A wrote:
2007/1/28, Mrugesh Karnik mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com:
On Sunday 28 Jan 2007 16:00:13 Kumar Appaiah wrote:
And I have used GNOME wih KDM and KDE with GDM. However, I couldn't directly shut down my computer from KDE if I had logged in through GDM, IIRC (not sure though). No other problems.
That's nothing to do with GDM I guess. Change the settings in the KDE Control Panel.
You can run any display manager and dektop combo and shutdown properly. You need to change the reboot and shutdown command settings in the conf file for the particular display manager.
പ്രവീണ്|Praveen എ|A wrote:
I think Kumar has a point here. I also noticed this behavior, if login into KDE from GDM it won't let you shutdown directly (you have to log off from KDE and shutdown from gdm). The same with KDM and GNOME.
It would be great if someone using both could just confirm it.
Can someone explain how does one log into KDE from GDM and vice versa? IMHO when one reaches the graphical login window, both KDM and GDM are active, except in the background as an rc.x process. A KDE or Gnome session is chosen either by default or by manually setting it and that session uses KDM or GDM for KDE and Gnome respectively.
Regards,
Rony.
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On Tuesday 30 Jan 2007 18:19:45 Rony wrote:
പ്രവീണ്|Praveen എ|A wrote:
I think Kumar has a point here. I also noticed this behavior, if login into KDE from GDM it won't let you shutdown directly (you have to log off from KDE and shutdown from gdm). The same with KDM and GNOME.
It would be great if someone using both could just confirm it.
Can someone explain how does one log into KDE from GDM and vice versa? IMHO when one reaches the graphical login window, both KDM and GDM are active, except in the background as an rc.x process. A KDE or Gnome session is chosen either by default or by manually setting it and that session uses KDM or GDM for KDE and Gnome respectively.
You better read the X User's HOWTO on TLDP.
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