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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo 
	(baselayout-1.12.13)?
From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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2009/12/13 Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>:
> 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. =A0The latter was being defined i=
n
>> 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.

Thanks Neil,

So, where would you specify which DE/WM session the xdm Display
Manager will load up for a specific user in a Gentoo set up?
(assuming that there is such a thing as a Gentoo default way of doing
this).
--=20
Regards,
Mick