Different window manager

[Martin Fahrendorf]

Am Donnerstag, 29. April 2004 16:34 schrieb Stephan Matthiesen:
> Hello,
>
> Am Donnerstag, 29. April 2004 14:04 schrieb Martin Fahrendorf:
> > Am Donnerstag, 29. April 2004 13:51 schrieb Stephan Matthiesen:
>
> ..
>
> > > question: How do I add an item in the KDE Display Manager
> > > (login screen)?
>
> ...
>
> > > SessionTypes=default,kde,twm,wmaker,failsafe,gnome
> >
> > kdm of KDE3.2 no longer uses these line (my experience). Look at
> > $KDEDIR/share/apps/kdm/sessions. there are all definitions of
> > available windows manager. With TryExec kdm checks whether the
> > window manager is available (and adds it into his list). on login
> > kdm starts the Exec entry (in the *.desktop files).
>
> Thanks for your help - that pointed me in the right direction. But
> there is a bit more to it: Actually all the *desktop files were
> there and contained the correct Exec and TryExec entries, but that
> didn't work.
>
> I had to copy the relevant *.desktop files from
> /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions into /usr/share/xsessions and now it
> works as it should.
>
> Apparently this directory is now used by both KDM and GDM. The
> changelog 3.1.5->3.2. mentions:
> KDM: More sophisticated session definitions, common with GDM
> and GDM uses /usr/share/xsessions
> (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2003-September/
>msg00102.html)

Ah, that is the reason for the change. The location depends on the 
configuration stuff. I compiled everything by from source and this 
uses $KDEDIR location. (possibly the /usr/share/session part too. I 
have to check).

>
> Cheers
> Stephan
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Martin
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