XFCE doesn't have a usable graphical login!

Bob Snyder bob.snyder at cox.net
Thu Nov 27 19:48:24 CET 2003


I'm speaking from ignorance, since I haven't tried it yet, but have you 
looked at qingy?
   
    http://qingy.sourceforge.net/about.php

Bob S.

Otto Wyss wrote:

>>From what I've gathered so far it isn't possible to use XFCE with a
>graphical login. 
>
>1. XDM doesn't allow to shutdown (BTW it looks rather unsupported).
>2. login.app isn't able to start my otherwise fully running X (with startx)
>3. GDM requires a rather large part of gnome.
>4. KDM ditto
>5. WDM haven't checked but I don't expect any better
>
>As a fact if anyone wants to build a fully graphical solution XFCE can't
>be used. The unplesant choice are either to use the console for
>startx/shutdown or to throw out XFCE and install gnome.
>
>Since I pressed to get a solution within a week I need a hack which
>shutdowns the system instead of closing X. If nobody can provide such a
>hack I have to switch to gome, sorry.
>
>O. Wyss
>
>  
>





More information about the Xfce mailing list