[CentOS] prefdm still unfinished?

[John Summerfield]

Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 12:39:40AM +0100, Rody wrote:
> 
>>Thanks for the extra info, it would seem that i was sortof misguided by 
>>incorrect use of the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file. I once tried 
>>DISPLAYMANAGER="KDM", but i realize now why that didn't work.
> 
> 
> 
> One downside of the current scheme is that there's no error checking for
> invalid values. If you've put something that isn't valid, it just fails
> without explaining.
> 
This is the error checking in Nahant. Those are line numbers.

      31 # Fallbacks, in order
      32 exec gdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
      33 exec kdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
      34 exec xdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
      35

If none of those takes, you aren't going to get a GUI login.


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