GDM and XDM question.

Ian Pilcher i.pilcher at comcast.net
Sun Nov 30 06:42:53 UTC 2003


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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