Re: Suggestion for making GNOME less dependent on E

[Sam Vilain <sam hydro gen nz>]

James Ramsey <jjramsey_6x9eq42@yahoo.com> writes:

> I think you are half-right in that my *particular* proposed solution
> is not the best. However, I think there's got to be a better way to
> change the default window manager that to hack a config file. An
> X-based solution is not a good idea here, since that puts one in the
> Catch 22 of needing a window manager to change the window manager.
> What would be, I think, the best solution is to have a terminal-based
> utility for changing the default.session file, something curses-based
> or looking something like linuxconf. This would avoid the above Catch
> 22, and would perhaps be helpful if something else in the
> default.session went fooey and kept X from running.

Perhaps what you mean is that linuxconf should be extended to allow
you to change /usr/share/default.session.  Or, as has been mentioned
before, gdm should ask you what window manager you want to use on your
first logon.
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