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Not sure, but it has been in Mandrake since at least 8.1 and RedHat since at least 7.3 or so. From KDM, I can boot directly into Windows or whatever without having to wait and make a selection from the lilo screen
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On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 11:31, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>so you are saying that kdm has an interface of sorts to lilo? what version</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>of kdm is this?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> kdm does, if the boot options is selected, whatever is in lilo will be</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> an option</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 09:13, John R. Ghidiu wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> which is why i said i suspect that gdm does not allow this. seems to me</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> that this is the job of the boot loader, not the session manager, so</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> perhaps kde is just 'talking' to the boot loader (grub, lilo, etc.)...</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> thoughts?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> john</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > In that file, just points to gdmsetup, when running that, I see no</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > choice to show dual boots</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 07:05, John R. Ghidiu wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> ></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > AFAIK, gdm does not allow this (but i am running the version that came</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > with ximian desktop 6 months ago). the config is in /usr/sbing/gdmconfig.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> ></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > john</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> ></FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > > I will probably put it back too, lol. I do like the ability to dual</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > > boot from the kdm shutdown menu. gdm probably has a way to put this in,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > > where is the gui to config the gdm? Thanks</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> ></FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> John R. Ghidiu</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> john@rmdashrf.org</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>John R. Ghidiu</FONT></FONT></I></PRE>
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