Tricky question about XFce on MDK 9.1

Todd Slater dontodd at columbus.rr.com
Wed Jul 2 02:39:29 CEST 2003


I'll compile it that way next go 'round. Still, though, I am able to log
into xfce4 using GDM. I didn't touch anything having to do with GDM,
just the KDM stuff. Magic?

Todd

On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:23:20 -0700
Jack Coates <jack at monkeynoodle.org> wrote:

> I have the same problem, so it looks like the MDK9.1 RPMS weren't
> produced with this option. Hopefully next go-round they will be -- I
> reboot my laptop frequently (swsusp no workee :-() and haven't been
> using XFce4 because of this problem.
> 
> On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 11:10, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > You can specify "--enable-gdm" when compiling xfce-utils and support
> > for gdm works out of the box.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Olivier.
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 18:48, Xtian Xultz wrote:
> > > Hello all!
> > > 
> > > I instaled the XFce 4 on my Mdk 9.1 using the rpm packages, and
> > > XFce works great (Im using right now and cant stop using it! )
> > > 
> > > But I have a little problem: Im using the GDM login manager.
> > > Because I have users using XFce 3, I didnt borrow the original
> > > XFCE call on the GDM Sessions configuration.
> > > So, on the /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions I created a file called XFce4,
> > > did a chmod +x on it and inside I call the XFce 4 desktop. Works
> > > great.
> > > 
> > > But (always have a but...) when I restart the computer, the file
> > > I created doens have the execution flag. I have to do a chmod +x
> > > on the file to XFce4 appear on the GDM options. I tryed to put
> > > a chmod +x on the rc.local but didnt worked. 
> > > 
> > > Someone perhaps know swhy this???
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanx for any help.
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > 
> > > Xtian Xultz


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