Suggestion - replace gdm with kdm as the default

Neal Becker ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 16 23:51:18 UTC 2009


Todd Zullinger wrote:

> Paolo Galtieri wrote:
>> If you want to run kdm instead od gdm do the following at a console
>> login (ctl-alt-f1) after logging in as root
> 
> VT1 is X on F10 and newer.  So you'd want to use ctrl-alt-f2 to get a
> console.
> 
>> mv /usr/sbin/gdm /usr/sbin/gdm.orig
> 
> Why move system files around?  The next update will just put the file
> back anyway, so that seems like a bad way to change the default.
> 

Since you guys suggested it, I just tried switching to kdm on F10.  I like 
the look of the login screen, but I had to switch back.  When I try to 
shutdown the machine from that login screen, it seems to just hang.





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