[LAU] [LAD] [OT] gdm setup in F10

[Kjetil S. Matheussen]

Fons Adriaensen:
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 05:37:52PM -0700, Justin Smith wrote:
>
>> The file .xsession has the same setup as .xinitrc, and as long as it
>> is readable and executable by gdm/xdm/kdm will be a valid session
>> choice as "user custom session" or some such. I just do a "ln -s
>> .xinitrc .xsession;chmod +rx .xsession" and that works just fine. If
>> you don't know how to set up an xinitrc just a single line saying
>> "wmaker" will work fine, since windowmaker has its own options to
>> invoke other programs for your session.
>
> Well, before posting I did have WindowMaker installed,
> I did have .xinitrc and .xsession which just contain
> "wmaker". All of this is just ignored. I guess it's
> one of the desktop *Kit things hijacking my machine.
>
> There is no "Session" menu in GDM nor did I find a way
> to have one.
>

I had the same trouble recently trying to run
fvwm with fedora 10.

If you install windowmaker
using a fedora package, a menu at the bottom
of the gdm screen should appear. In this menu you
should be able to choose window manager.

(I saw the menu coincidentally after lots of
frustration trying to edit .xsession etc.)


If not, 'grep -r gdm /etc/*' gives:

...
X11/xdm/Xsession:# now, we see if xdm/gdm/kdm has asked for a specific environment
X11/xinit/Xsession:# now, we see if xdm/gdm/kdm has asked for a specific environment
...
X11/prefdm:             preferred=/usr/sbin/gdm
X11/prefdm:exec gdm "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
...


So changing gdm to xdm in some of these files might help...