X and Fluxbox :: How is it possible to lounch XDM

It's not actually using "KDE", but is using some of the libs and widgets that are a part of KDE. *Any* KDE/Qt application you install will require at least some Qt libs just to display the widgets, and since these widgets are more ram-hungry than those in FLTK, Gtk1, or X, you will be using more resources while running these programs.
In my suse system I have a program called qinternet, which is just a simple ppp dialer. However, since it is a Qt applicaton it requires loading of libs that are use only when configuring the application....the result is a program that uses 15mb of ram just to tell you whether or not you're connected to the internet.

Quote (mikshaw @ Nov. 03 2005,22:37)

Yes, it does use about 600K (which is alot for what it does). It wouldn't be for someone that has very limited ram (but it can be set to stop and restart upon exit). It is not for everyone, but my family likes it.

I think the important thing is that people should experiment and try new things. DSL is a great distro and people can tweak it, very easily, to get something they really like (and if you have a hd install it is rather painless to fix, and even easier with frugal and livecd correct?).

Maybe this thread could be moved to a Non DSL topic thread if it really bothers people, that way everyone is happy?

On this topic... SLiM can replace XDM/GDM as a login manager, if anyone could compile it... I've got dependancy hell going on here trying to get the packages through ubuntu/debian packages, and I don't feel like downloading the whole of X.org for headers. It'd certainly make a nice extension, and DamnSmallLinux would be the first to include it as a 3rd party package.

I"m also interested in a graphical login using xdm or kdm to enable logging in via a remote vnc client. I've been able to install xdm, get the graphical login prompt, but when I login it recylcles back to the login splash. Obviously I'm missing something in the config files. I've added a .xsession file in dsl's home directory using the same contents as .xinitrc but it didn't make any difference. If someone could add the script and config files (of brianw or anyone else) to the wiki or someplace else for all to use that would be great. If you post it to the wiki, put a notification here and a link. Thanks for all the great work to all.

JulianW (aka teklvr04)

Quote (teklvr04 @ Feb. 05 2006,10:37)

Hi,
after adding the .xsession file to your home directory, edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession and add the following line:
. /$HOME/.xsession
This tells xdm to run the user specific xsession script. You also should have a look at /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and check, if the Xserver is started with the correct parameters.

regards
JAN

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