On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I am running XFCE on F9. How can I change the login window? >> >> >> > XFCE doesn't present a login window. You can run this window >> > manager after logging in oon a console command line. >> > >> > The graphical login window is presented by whichever display >> > manager you are using -- usually gdm, kdm or xdm. Selecting a >> > different display manager will give you a different presentation, >> > and if you don't like any of these then you can write your own >> > or look for what else might have already been written. >> > >> > The display manager is normally activated by prefdm referenced in >> > /etc/inittab. It will also honour a DISPLAYMANAGER variable set >> > in /etc/initscript. >> >> Thanks, Malcom. My /etc/inittab is below. How can I change the default >> theme to the Circles one? In F8, there was a menu entry >> >> System --> Login manager >> >> (or something like that), but nothing in F9. > [...] >> # Run xdm in runlevel 5 >> x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon > > /etc/X11/prefdm is just a Shell script. It basically just > reads /etc/sysconfig/desktop and acts accordingly, so the easiest way to > add a new display manager is to edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop. But # dir /etc/sysconfig/desktop dir: cannot access /etc/sysconfig/desktop: No such file or directory # Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
