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Re: SL6 Minimal Desktop problem
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:56:20 +0100
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2011, Brian Long wrote:

> I've installed SL6.1 "Minimal Desktop" in order to use IceWM on an IONITX
> motherboard (Intel Atom + Nvidia ION).  When I try to login via GDM, GDM
> insists on starting gnome-session even though GNOME is not fully installed.
> I'm trying to determine the best method to have GDM use IceWM by default.

Have you installed
 	xorg-x11-xinit-session
? I needed that to use twm.

> I believe I need to modify /etc/gdm/custom.conf and specify a few parameters
> to force GDM to use icewm-session instead of gnome-session.  I've already
> tried adding "PREFERRED=icewm-session" in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to no
> avail.  Any additional information would be greatly appreciated.

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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