Suggestion - replace gdm with kdm as the default

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Todd Zullinger wrote:
>
>> Paolo Galtieri wrote:
>>> If you want to run kdm instead od gdm do the following at a console
>>> login (ctl-alt-f1) after logging in as root
>>
>> VT1 is X on F10 and newer.  So you'd want to use ctrl-alt-f2 to get a
>> console.
>>
>>> mv /usr/sbin/gdm /usr/sbin/gdm.orig
>>
>> Why move system files around?  The next update will just put the file
>> back anyway, so that seems like a bad way to change the default.
>>
>
> Since you guys suggested it, I just tried switching to kdm on F10.  I like
> the look of the login screen, but I had to switch back.  When I try to
> shutdown the machine from that login screen, it seems to just hang.

This is likely a system specific issue, based on the fact that I've
never seen it before and would  have heard of it by now considering
how many people use KDM. Got any more info on the hang?

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