From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:01:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091213230133.1b4fdb09@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200912132044.00264.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:43:41 +0000, Mick wrote:
> The /etc/conf.d/xdm file, which arrived after the /etc/rc.conf days, is
> indeed used to set up the Display Manager, but not the Window
> Manager/Display Environment X session. The latter was being defined in
> rc.conf, but this I think is no longer the case - hence I am asking
> here.
The DE/WM to use is specified by whatever display manager you use.
Setting it in a global configuration file is pointless on a multi-user
system.
--
Neil Bothwick
DOS never says "EXCELLENT command or filename"...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-13 23:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-13 18:30 [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)? Mick
2009-12-13 20:22 ` Dale
2009-12-13 20:43 ` Mick
2009-12-13 22:14 ` Dale
2009-12-13 23:01 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2009-12-14 11:18 ` Mick
2009-12-14 12:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-12-14 17:00 ` Allan Gottlieb
2009-12-14 21:55 ` pk
2009-12-14 22:43 ` Allan Gottlieb
2009-12-16 19:16 ` pk
2009-12-17 3:54 ` Allan Gottlieb
2009-12-14 20:50 ` Mick
2009-12-14 22:45 ` Mike Edenfield
2009-12-14 23:02 ` Mick
2009-12-13 22:02 ` Mike Mazur
2009-12-14 11:17 ` Mick
2009-12-14 11:31 ` Mike Mazur
2009-12-14 12:22 ` Patrick Holthaus
2009-12-15 5:29 ` daid kahl
2009-12-15 15:38 ` Marcus Wanner
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