[ale] Graphical Login

Wandered Inn esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
Thu Feb 4 01:35:34 EST 1999


Michael B Golden wrote:
> 
>         I have read that xdm can allow graphical login, but I tried it,
> and I don't like it. I have also heard that KDE has something similar
> called kdm. I haven't tried that one yet, so I don't know what it is
> like. I was wondering if there is anything more similar to the login box
> of Win9X that I can use. I just like the look, not necessarily the rest
> of the OS or the insecurity associated with Win9X login. Any ideas?

There's also gdm which comes with Gnome.  I've not seen it or kdm.  What
is it that you don't like about the 'look' of xdm?  It is configurable
(to some extent) via the files under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm,
particularily the Xresources file there.

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