On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> I am running XFCE on F9. How can I change the login window? >> >> >> >> >> > XFCE doesn't present a login window. You can run this window >> >> > manager after logging in oon a console command line. >> >> > >> >> > The graphical login window is presented by whichever display >> >> > manager you are using -- usually gdm, kdm or xdm. Selecting a >> >> > different display manager will give you a different presentation, >> >> > and if you don't like any of these then you can write your own >> >> > or look for what else might have already been written. >> >> > >> >> > The display manager is normally activated by prefdm referenced in >> >> > /etc/inittab. It will also honour a DISPLAYMANAGER variable set >> >> > in /etc/initscript. >> >> >> >> Thanks, Malcom. My /etc/inittab is below. How can I change the default >> >> theme to the Circles one? In F8, there was a menu entry >> >> >> >> System --> Login manager >> >> >> >> (or something like that), but nothing in F9. >> > [...] >> >> # Run xdm in runlevel 5 >> >> x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon >> > >> > /etc/X11/prefdm is just a Shell script. It basically just >> > reads /etc/sysconfig/desktop and acts accordingly, so the easiest way to >> > add a new display manager is to edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop. >> >> But >> >> # dir /etc/sysconfig/desktop >> dir: cannot access /etc/sysconfig/desktop: No such file or directory >> # > > You'll note that prefdm reads the file if it exists, otherwise it uses > defaults. Thus you have to create it if you want to change the defaults, > but it's not a big deal. Here's mine: > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop > #!/bin/sh > DESKTOP="KDE" > DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" Thanks, Patrick. That is it! Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
