Hello again!
Thomas Adam schrieb:
>On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 09:54:11PM +0100, Roman wrote:
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>>Hello,
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>Hello -
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>>I'm using FVWM since a few months now. First I started the easiest way
>>and used the .xinitrc to start fvwm. That works fine, but as soon as I
>>want to switch over to an other user without shutting down all running
>>programs it isn't a good solution. So i tried xdm, but that was not
>>what a really wanted. I'd like to have a somewhat more sophisticated
>>display manager like gdm or kdm. Are there any other display manager
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>Are you sure you don't mean a session manager, or at least something
>else? I haven't used {K,G}DM in a while, but I was not aware any of
>them could be used as "context switchers" in that regard. Of course, a
>display manager is just a graphical means to login (essentially) - what
>kind of other sophistication would you *need*, let alone want?
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Maybe you are right and a session manager is what I'm really looking
for. I don't know, because I haven't found out what's the difference
between a session manager and a display manager. Both words are commonly
used in the same context.
For what kind of sophistication: principially as much as possibly ;) -
But when I wrote before, I meant similar capabilities as in WinXP.
That's on the one hand a graphical login and a possibility to shutdown
or restart the system without logging in before. (As far as I understand
that's the purpose of a display manager) On the other hand I want to be
able to simply switch the logged in user and then back again without
disrupting any running programs. At least the newest version of kdm has
this feature.
>>who are capable of managing different sessions at a time, ...? Or has
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>'wdm' is another display manager, and there is also 'sdm'.
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wdm sounds like a program, which is a step nearer the way I want it.
I'll take a closer look at that.
sdm is only for remote sessions not for local ones
>>anybody some experience with setting up gdm or kdm for fvwm - I mean
>>without installing the whole kde or gnome packages?
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>Sorry, but in order for either {G,K}DM to function, you're going to need
>the whole suite of applications that goes with it. One possible
>solution is to start xdm on display :1, :2, etc.
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I took a nearer look at gdm. There I'd need to install about 8 to 10
additional libraries to get it to work. That would be worth it if it has
all of the above mentioned capabilities.
>-- Thomas Adam
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thanks for your answers
Roman
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Received on Wed Feb 09 2005 - 05:44:22 GMT