Edubuntu customization

Jonathan Carter jonathan at ubuntu.com
Wed Dec 13 07:26:07 UTC 2006


Hi Matt

Matthew Armitage wrote:
> Since I sent this I have found the python script that builds the LDM
> interface and I have successfully removed the session and language
> buttons (with comments, not exactly the best way to do things). I still
> can't seem to get the code to use IceWM instead of Gnome. I would be
> alright with hard coding IceWM as the only session if that is the only
> way to do it in this release, but I'm a little over my head with the
> code to do so. If anyone can let me know a better way to do this, or can
> even help me do it the wrong way, I'd be very grateful.

You need to use update-alternatives to specify icewm as your default X
Session Manager.

>From a terminal logged in as your administrator user, you can type the
following to set IceWM as your default X session:

$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

Choose the number associated with IceWM, and it should work.

-Jonathan




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