Starting XFce4 without kdm or gdm

Biju Chacko biju_chacko at vsnl.net
Sat Nov 1 04:07:26 CET 2003


On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:04:57 -0500, Paul M. Bucalo wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 17:07, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 21:55, Paul M. Bucalo wrote:
> > > Up until this point I have either used kdm or gdm to login to XFce-4,
> > > depending on whether I'm using Mandrake or Red Hat. Is there any other
> > > Desktop Manager I could use that's lighter, but would still allow for a
> > > user/password login? 
> > > 
> > > Appreciate any advise and experiences. I really want to trim the memory
> > > usage down to the bare minimum in getting XFce-4 up and running.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Paul
> > Thought about xdm, the grandaddy of them all.  No frills.
> 
> I forgot about xdm! Thanks for reminding me. 

There is another called wdm, I believe. Of course, xdm has the advantage of
being part of X, so you don't have to download it.

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