Re: [SLE] Changing gdm to kdm

Saturday 16 February 2002 09:55 am Dennis James wrote:

As root: edit /etc/rc.config, back it up first, and change DISPLAYMANAGER to kdm, then run SuSEconfig. In yast: System Administration->Change Configuration File, F4 to search for DISPLAYMANGER, then change it to kdm. reboot.

REBOOT?!!!!!! Sir, this IS Linux. {;-)> Would it not be far better to simply obtain a root console and `init 3`; once runlevel 3 is establised `init 5`? The /etc/rc.config is certainly something every SuSE Linux Admin should understand well. There is a wonderful mask for it in YaST2 which you have probably looked at. Nonetheless, understanding what the the /etc/rc.config does, is very helpful when going beyond basic administration. Steven