Re: Avoiding gpm before installing GNOME
>>>>> "Chanop" == Chanop Silpa-Anan <chanop.silpa-anan@faceng.anu.edu.au> writes:
Chanop> On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 12:55:35PM -0500, David Kanter wrote:
>> I'm going to try out GNOME this weekend, but have read about many
>> problems regarding it's gpm. How can I avoid gpm from being
>> installed during the installation? Will I be asked about this after
>> installing the package? And is it possible to use my regular xdm
>> with xbanner with GNOME? I assume it is.
Chanop> What is gnome going to do with gpm? It's X, isn't it? If you
Chanop> are talking about gdm, gnome display manager. For the current
Chanop> version, you should stay away from it if you want XDMCP
Chanop> function, last time I tried, it broke.
FWIW, I _did_ have a problem with Gnome vs. gpm. It seems to be
specific to Enlightenment WM, though; now that I switched back to
WindowMaker it seems to be OK. gpm was periodically dying with "Too
many open files". My guess is that Enlightenment doesn't properly
shut down Unix sockets.
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