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Re: kdm/gdm compatibility with KDE/gnome

Subject: Re: kdm/gdm compatibility with KDE/gnome
From: John Carlyle-Clarke
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:09:24 +0000
Derek Broughton wrote:
> Art Edwards wrote:
>
>   
>> I am running a feisty box under kdm. I have a user set that uses both
>> gnome and KDE. The KDE users have more active options for logging off,
>> including switching users, than the gnome users. gdm gives gnome users
>> greater flexibility than KDE users. So, it seems that both gdm and kdm
>> have chosen to become ghettos. Why?
>>     
>
> it's just a _login_ manager.  KDE users get all those options from inside
> their own session, so go with gdm and don't worry about it.
>   
I'm not sure that's true.  I know that the GNOME fast user switching 
tool refuses to work if KDM is running instead of GDM.  I'm not sure if 
the same is true in reverse with KDE+GDM.

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