[desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

[Brian Cameron]

John:

One of the main reasons we picked GDM to work with is because it uses
a GTK+ based widget set, and we needed a login program that supports
accessibility.  In other words, we needed a login program that used
a widget set that supports accessibility - GTK+ or Java.  The fact
that GDM uses GTK+ made it an attractive option.  Also its theming
capabilities made it more attractive.

Brian


>> All those reasons seem to me to be reasons to use something other than
>> xdm. I don't see that they're particularly good reasons to use GDM in
>> particular, however.
> 
> gdm just happens to be the one we have that fits the bill, since it comes
> with GNOME.   Brian Cameron has had to do a lot of work on it to bring gdm
> up to the point where it can become the default display manager.
> 
>> I'm still hoping to find an option that isn't so dependency laden &
>> heavy. Which is why it's a shame dtlogin's being removed.
> 
> But dtlogin is encumbered, so could only be in Solaris itself, and every
> other OpenSolaris distro would have to find something else anyway.
>