jsb@cs.brown.edu (John Bazik) (03/29/91)
We don't run xdm at our site, mainly because we have partisans of both MIT's server and X/NeWS who share workstations. I'd like us to run xdm, for various reasons. My question is, in the same way that getty switches modes (case sensitive/ insensitive) when it sees control-D or an uppercase letter, couldn't xdm switch servers? I'm thinking of, in the "servers" file, a list of startup lines, rather than just one. Some feedback in the window as to which server is running would be necessary. When control-D or some such is typed at it, it would take down the current server and run the next on the list, cycling through. Has anyone done this? Does anyone see any problems that might arise? Would anyone else find this useful? John Bazik jsb@cs.brown.edu
phil@inetg1.ARCO.COM (Phil Meyer) (03/29/91)
In article <70163@brunix.UUCP>, jsb@cs.brown.edu (John Bazik) writes: > We don't run xdm at our site, mainly because we have partisans of both > MIT's server and X/NeWS who share workstations. > > I'd like us to run xdm, for various reasons. > > My question is, in the same way that getty switches modes (case sensitive/ > insensitive) when it sees control-D or an uppercase letter, couldn't xdm > switch servers? > > I'm thinking of, in the "servers" file, a list of startup lines, rather > than just one. I have been thinking of adding buttons to the xdm window for options like: Server: xnews MIT X11R4 Window Manager: olwm mwm twm vtwm Then xdm could move some files around and fire up the right server. But hey, if someone is going to implement a better idea, I'll wait. -- +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Phil Meyer phil@arco.com Work:(214) 754-6805 | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+
john@iastate.edu (Hascall John Paul) (03/29/91)
In article <1991Mar29.013008.29295@Arco.COM> phil@Arco.com writes: }I have been thinking of adding buttons to the xdm window for options like: }Server: xnews MIT X11R4 }Window Manager: olwm mwm twm vtwm }Then xdm could move some files around and fire up the right server. }But hey, if someone is going to implement a better idea, I'll wait. I don't know if it's better, but we let people type in options after their username, for example: login: john -tvtwm password: ...... these get passed on down to the startx scripts where they do appropriate things. We did add buttons for other things though (help, register for an account, report trouble) but these are not related to a normal login. John -- John Hascall An ill-chosen word is the fool's messenger. Project Vincent Iowa State University Computation Center john@iastate.edu Ames, IA 50011 (515) 294-9551
thoth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Gilligan) (03/30/91)
I wonder how hard it would be to hack in Tk. With that in place there's no end to what you could do. -- "+ That the Roman Church has never erred, nor ever, by the witness of Scripture, shall err to all eternity" - yeah, right. I deal with Reality as you _don't_ understand it.