Understood, but I guess my point was more in answer to his expressed concern. So, to reassure that gnome was there by default, frm the dm on. Kenny Hitt writes: > Hi. > > My point is that a display manager isn't the same is a window manager. > Basically, the display manager manages the Xservers, while the window > manager manages windows drawn on a specific display. > > If you use "startx", then you don't want the display manager running on > the same work station. If you do need to keep a display manager running > on that box, and you still want to use "startx", then you will have to > set environment vars to make sure the "startx" script launches an > Xserver on a display not managed by the display manager. > > The behavior you see with Fedora is specific to Fedora. If you want > Debian to use gdm, you will have to install it. By default, the display > manager will be xdm. Since the display manager is at the level of X, > kdm can just as easily be used. > > You are correct that gdm is best designed for the Gnome desktop, but > using it isn't required and doesn't contribute as much toward > accessibility as the window manager will. If you use the wrong window > manager, you could loose most keyboard shortcuts and some important > messages about changes in windows on the system. > Totem is a good example of this. It shows the song playing in it's > title. As the songs change on a mp3 streem, the title is updated. > Gnopernicus will read you the new title without you needing to do > anything because metacity is providing the info to gnopernicus. If you > use a different window manager, you will likely loos this information. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:45:44PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Well, yes. But, gdm is the "Gnome Display Manager." And, you can > > correctly take the implication that the default windowing environment on > > Fedora is Gnome. > > > > I have never heard of a distro shipping with kdm as the default display > > manager, and gnome as the default windowing environment, in other words. > > Nor have I heard of of any permutation of that. > > > > Kenny Hitt writes: > > > Hi. > > > Gdm is a display manager, not a window manager.The difference is important. > > > I don't know what the default window manager is for Fedora, but > > > metacity will probably be best for accessibility. > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > Kenny > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list