From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:22:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <58965d8a0903251322v77d9ba90n2157bfd6fbadd9b8@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200903252003.33465.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday 20 March 2009, Paul Hartman wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, fei huang <daniel.huangfei@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows
>> > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it.
>>
>> I agree with Sebastian, you should try "slim"
>>
>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/SLiM
>
> What is the benefit of SLiM compared to vanilla xdm + Fluxbox?
The original poster apparently did not want to use XDM. SLiM is
simplistic (no remote access, etc), and supposedly more secure (does
not need to run as root).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-25 20:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-20 15:09 [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager fei huang
2009-03-20 16:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2009-03-20 20:27 ` Sebastian Günther
2009-03-21 2:28 ` Tom
2009-03-21 3:28 ` fei huang
2009-03-20 18:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Florian Philipp
2009-03-20 18:21 ` Joshua D Doll
2009-03-20 18:43 ` James Ausmus
2009-03-20 20:22 ` Sebastian Günther
2009-03-21 7:14 ` Florian Philipp
2009-03-20 20:33 ` Sebastian Günther
2009-03-20 20:34 ` Paul Hartman
2009-03-25 20:03 ` Mick
2009-03-25 20:20 ` Sebastian Günther
2009-03-25 20:22 ` Paul Hartman [this message]
2009-03-22 13:00 ` gibboris
2009-03-23 4:19 ` fei huang
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