Re: [e-users] Setting up Elsa as the Default Display Manager

[Mark D. <bla...@gm...>]

On 17 August 2011 09:35, Wido <wi...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> i don't know if you are basing Bodhi in any other distro. For debian-like
> distros, tehre are scripts in /etc/rc2.d (which are symlinks to /etc/init.d)
> and there is also a variable that sets which is thedefault display manager,
> and prevents any other DM to even load. I think that var is in
> /etc/default/something.....but you can look for it in the kdm or gdm scripts
> in init.d.
>
>
> Hope it helps =)
>

And if you want to choose it as default you can set up a debconf
script which allows you to choose the dm on install.

Check out /var/lib/dpkg/info/gdm.config as an example (if you have gdm
installed of course)

Cheers
> 2011/8/16 Jeff Hoogland <Jef...@li...>
>
>> Howdy All,
>>
>> So I've finally got Elsa rolling in Bodhi to the point where it loads X and
>> logs into E without issues. My only question now is does anyone know the
>> easiest/most straight forward method of having it be one of the "display
>> manager" options you can select from when configuring the default display
>> server (for instance if you already have GDM installed and then you add KDM
>> you get a menu asking which of the two should be the default).
>>
>> Currently I am logging into a TTY and then manually running "sudo elsa
>> start"
>>
>> Also - does anyone know how to stop Elsa once it is running? Running "sudo
>> elsa stop" in terminal reports something about a lock file and then nothing
>> happens.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
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