David Michael (fedora.dm0@xxxxxxxxx) said: > > what then out of interest is the replacement for a > > /etc/sysconfig/desktop file that defines which login manager should be > > the default (and which is not there by default)? Can KDM then be > > started when X starts and not GDM without the use of the above file? > > I recently brought up this question on systemd-devel as I was > packaging a desktop environment with a display manager, and it sounded > like there would be a push to move away from prefdm itself in favor of > giving each display manager a service file. I implemented this in the > package and switch between display managers with the following command > (with "newdm" being the selected one). > > ln -fs /lib/systemd/system/newdm.service > /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service Right, but that then causes 'last one wins' behavior among multiple DMs. I suppose we could use alternatives for this, as much as I dislike it. Bill -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
