Substitute GDM with MDM
Substitute GDM with MDM
Since GDM is unlikely to be further developed, I'd like to suggest that the default Login Manager to be MDM (MATE Display Manager) in further Salix releases.
Re: Substitute GDM with MDM
Could be a good option. I checked the new GDM on another distrib...they remove quite all features, useless. MDM could be a very good option then.
Re: Substitute GDM with MDM
What about SLiM?
SLiM is a small lightweight login manager, simple to configure and looking much better than XDM.
It can be obtained here: http://slim.berlios.de/
SLiM is a small lightweight login manager, simple to configure and looking much better than XDM.
It can be obtained here: http://slim.berlios.de/
Re: Substitute GDM with MDM
Please. Not this conversation again: http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2127
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Re: Substitute GDM with MDM
I have tried MATE on both Arch and Snowlinux(ubuntu/MATE) with MDM and I believe that it would be an improvement over GDM for Salix.
GDM provides bindings to glib, dbus, pam and polkit that allow users to configure gnome settings and allow these settings to persist from session to session for Gnome.
I have a hunch that MDM will do a better job of this for MATE than GDM does, especially if the files called by GDM have been renamed for MATE.
I have been looking for a source file for the Mate-Display-Manager to slkbuid, but have been unable to find one to try it out.
GDM provides bindings to glib, dbus, pam and polkit that allow users to configure gnome settings and allow these settings to persist from session to session for Gnome.
I have a hunch that MDM will do a better job of this for MATE than GDM does, especially if the files called by GDM have been renamed for MATE.
I have been looking for a source file for the Mate-Display-Manager to slkbuid, but have been unable to find one to try it out.
Re: Substitute GDM with MDM
There only seems to be a git repo yet (first result with ddg):
https://github.com/gfunkmonk2/mate-display-manager
You can just pull that repository and create a tarball yourself omitting the .git dirs.
https://github.com/gfunkmonk2/mate-display-manager
You can just pull that repository and create a tarball yourself omitting the .git dirs.
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Re: Substitute GDM with MDM
I found this tarball on the Mint debian repo. http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main ... 0.4.tar.gz
I got gapan's slkbuild from this package http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/13.37/s ... 64-3gv.txz.
I guess I can replace gdm with mdm and edit the "source=" to the Mint repo. I might be little over my head with this. I think I'll get a good night's sleep then have a cup of coffee first.
I got gapan's slkbuild from this package http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/13.37/s ... 64-3gv.txz.
I guess I can replace gdm with mdm and edit the "source=" to the Mint repo. I might be little over my head with this. I think I'll get a good night's sleep then have a cup of coffee first.
Re: Substitute GDM with MDM
No, it won't. MDM is exactly the same as GDM 2.20.x. Only the name has changed (and very few very minor stuff).Tim CowChip wrote:I have tried MATE on both Arch and Snowlinux(ubuntu/MATE) with MDM and I believe that it would be an improvement over GDM for Salix.
GDM provides bindings to glib, dbus, pam and polkit that allow users to configure gnome settings and allow these settings to persist from session to session for Gnome.
I have a hunch that MDM will do a better job of this for MATE than GDM does, especially if the files called by GDM have been renamed for MATE.
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Re: Substitute GDM with MDM
I would not have guessed that MDM was the same as GDM except for the name change. Is MDM still being developed?
Last edited by Tim CowChip on 5. Jun 2012, 18:09, edited 1 time in total.