2007/11/18, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Mark wrote: > > Hey, > > > > Question 1: > > i wanted to test out some thing s in fedora and for that i need to > > start X without gnome or kde or anything. just X and nothing more. > > > This is not easy, as the scripts that start X also tray hard to find > a desktop or window manager. It they can not find one, they default > to starting an xterm. Depending on what you are trying to do, xnest > may work for you. If we knew what you were trying to test, we might > have a better suggestion for you. Oke. X with a xterm is perfect. What i want to test is start firefox in: X11 KDE Gnome and Openbox than i want to determine where the resizing of windows is starting to get slow and than do some further research to find the cause. So how do i start a X with just xterm? when i run: "startx" than i'm just getting the default login manager > > Question 2: > > I tried to change the default login manager from GDM to KDM (just to > > test other login managers) but i can't find where to change those > > settings.. so where can i change that? > > > I don't remember the GUI that does it, but you can set it in > /etc/sysconfig/desktop. If the file is empty, you can add: > > DISPLAYMANAGER = KDE > > You can also set the default desktop in the same file. Ad how would that work if i want ot set it to SLiM? (http://slim.berlios.de/) and that file is not existing.. is there a file with the defaults somewhere? must be.. X isn't getting GDM out of thin air.
