KDM or GDM?

JD Runyan jrunyan.lists at dms.nwcg.gov
Mon Sep 30 21:00:28 CDT 2002


Yes and no.  There is a package for GDM, but you will have to install
some preq's that are a part of gnome.

On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 20:58, undisclosed wrote:
> Greetings,
> I don't use Gnome, I don't even have it installed.
> Is it still possible to install GDM on my Mandrake box
> and use it instead of KDM?
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> --- Jason Clinton <clintonj at umkc.edu> wrote:
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> > Well, it's Monday morning and I should be working
> > but instead I'm posting to the
> > list... :)
> > 
> > So, this KDM themeing question got me probing. From
> > what I've seen so far, it
> > appears that GDM is very more organized, documented
> > and well-planned that KDM.
> > What are other people's thoughts.
> > 
> > Oh, and apparently there isn't a way to affect KDM's
> > theme that's documented,
> > but in GDM, you just need to change this line in
> > /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf:
> > 
> > GtkRC=/usr/share/themes/mytheme/mytheme/mythemerc
> > 
> > To change the look and feel.
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