Am Freitag, 2. Dezember 2005 10:17 schrieb ext Dale:

> Neil Bothwick wrote:

> >rc.conf doesn't set the GUI you use, it only sets which display manager
> >is run. The display manager is then used to choose the window manager.
>
> Then what does this mean?

Neil was partly wrong here: _If_ you use a display manager, then 
DISPLAYMANAGER tells which one to use.

> >On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:41:52 +0530, Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
> >>> I just did emerge --udpate --deep world. It slotted 3.4 and 3.5, so I
> >>> first cleared out my distfiles to free up some space! Then, edited
> >>> /etc/rc.conf to set XSESSION="kde-3.5".
>
> According to that you can tell it KDE and what version.  I'm confused
> again.  Don't worry, it's normal, for me anyway.

OTOH, XSESSION tells which window manager to use as default for either xdm, 
startx or xinit.

That means if you use xdm as your display manager or no display manager at 
all, then setting XSESSION will be just fine. Other display managers like 
kdm or gdm let you choose which window manager to run at login time, so 
they don't need XSESSION.

HTH...

	Dirk
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