Re: Multihead in Debian/Debian-based distro and 64-bits?

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- drbista <dr...@ep...> wrote:

<snip>

> 
> dpkg -l shows these two entries under xserver:
> 
> xserver-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 files and utilities
> common to all X servers
> xserver-xfree8 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 the XFree86 X server
> 
> Does the above contain the isolatedevice feature
> built-in?
> 
> 

Yes.


> > >3) Whether it is necessary to make changes in the
> display manager? In my
> > >current SimplyMEPIS (debian-based) distro, I am
> using kdm. When creating
> > >multihead with FC1, I do remember that I made
> changes at gdm.conf under
> > >[servers].
> >
> > You make changes to gdm.conf if you use gdm.
> > When you use kdm, you make changes to the kdm
> config file instead.
> > (Or xdm config files, for those who use xdm like I
> do.)
> 
> I read at the 
>
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/dm_conf-xdm_kdm.html
> 
> this:
> 
> <QUOTE>
> 
> Debian uses:
> 
>     *
> 
>       /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers for kdm 
> 
> you can make a backup copy of /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers
> and make a symbolic link 
> from /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers to
> /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers, in order to use the 
> same configuration file for xdm and kdm.
> 
> <UNQUOTE>
> 
> Does this still implies?
> 

gdm is recommended because the way it starts the
various xservers.





		
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