Thanks very much for your help. My windows Maker is running!I did as you said. But I still cannot change to GNOME from outside.If I choose it I just log on to KDE,my default desktop.My gnome.desktop file has 'Exec=gnome-session' Is it correct?I tried to change it to nautilus,with no effect.Can you help me on this. >Daniel Stonier ><snorri_dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: >My enlightenment.desktop file, attached this time! >On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:32:36 +1000, Daniel Stonier ><snorri_dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Redhat moved its display manager info to a generic spot with fedora in > /etc/X11/dm. Im using enlightenment and also running xscreensaver when I > start up e and this is my setup which should be similar to yours. > > Created an enlightenment.desktop file and added it to /etc/X11/dm (see > attached file). This has a line "Exec = Custom". You could instead > actually put your executable for starting up windowmaker here (look at > the other .desktop files in this directory). However when it is set to > custom it will then go dig up your ~/.Xclients file and run what you > have there. > > My .Xclients file looks like this: > > ############## Start of .Xclients file ###################### > #!/bin/bash > > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash -display :0 & > exec /usr/bin/enlightenment > > ############### End of .Xclients file ####################### > > Put an ampersand after everything except windowmaker - it needs to run > in the foreground until you close it down. > > Best of luck, > Daniel Stonier > > On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 19:39:47 +0530, Kaustubh Ghosh > <meetkaustubhghosh@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> Can anyone tell me how to add sessions in Fedora i.e. the files the >> graphical >> session changer relies upon & how to edit them. >> I am not getting some of my installed desktops in the graphical session >> list(eg. WindowsMaker present from the time I used Redhat 8 before >> upgrade). >> I am also not being able to interchange between GNOME and KDE from the >> graphical sessions manager(I can choose any of them as default desktop >> though >> and interchange the default desktop from "Desktop switching tool" after >> logging in.). I can of course choose to any of the other alternative >> desktops >> displayed in "sessions" menu in the graphical login screen. >> >> All is perfect in text mode login. >> >> > > > -- >Daniel Stonier >email:snorri_dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/ >------------BAPmIj5pAH4XRpgYyRIIoc >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=enlightenment.desktop >Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=enlightenment.desktop >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > >[Desktop Entry] >Encoding=UTF-8 >Name=Enlightenment ># Setting this as custom causes it to go and run your .Xclients file. Have >inserted the ># necessary loadup commands within .Xclients-default for both e and >xscreensaver. >Exec=custom >#Exec=/usr/bin/enlightenment ># no icon yet, only the top three are currently used >Comment=This session logs you into Enlightenment >Icon= >Type=Application
