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Table of Contents
Chapter 6. Configuring display managers
6.2.1. Changes, Part 1......................................................................................................................42
6.2.2. Changes, Part 2......................................................................................................................42
Chapter 7. Tweaking it.....................................................................................................................................44
7.1. Using independent sound cards......................................................................................................44
7.1.1. Using aRts daemon................................................................................................................44
7.2. Customising the login screen..........................................................................................................45
7.2.1. Using xdm.............................................................................................................................45
7.2.2. Using kdm.............................................................................................................................46
7.2.3. Using gdm.............................................................................................................................47
7.3. 1st X server configuration file........................................................................................................49
7.4. Number X servers started by Display managers.............................................................................49
7.5. Dynamically switching the number of X servers............................................................................50
Chapter 8. Known problems............................................................................................................................52
8.1. Hardware problems.........................................................................................................................52
8.2. Software problems..........................................................................................................................52
8.2.1. Incompatible userspace program:s........................................................................................52
8.2.2. Tweaks needed......................................................................................................................53
Chapter 9. Special notes on some distributions..............................................................................................54
9.1. Mandrake........................................................................................................................................54
9.2. Red Hat...........................................................................................................................................54
9.3. Debian.............................................................................................................................................54
9.4. SuSE................................................................................................................................................55
Chapter 10. Final words...................................................................................................................................57
Appendix A. Video Compatibility list.............................................................................................................58
A.1. Graphic card pairs/triples that work perfectly................................................................................58
A.1.1. Modified X server not needed..............................................................................................58
A.1.2. Modified X server needed....................................................................................................58
A.2. Graphic card pairs/triples that work, but with some glitches.........................................................58
Appendix B. Example configuration files.......................................................................................................60
B.1. XFree86..........................................................................................................................................60
B.1.1. 1st XFree server configuration file.......................................................................................60
B.1.2. 2nd XFree server configuration file......................................................................................64
B.2. Display managers...........................................................................................................................68
B.2.1. xdm and kdm........................................................................................................................69
B.2.2. gdm.......................................................................................................................................70
B.3. Configuration files for Input Agent................................................................................................80
B.3.1. Keyboard configuration........................................................................................................80
B.3.2. Mouse configuration.............................................................................................................80
B.3.3. Event device configuration...................................................................................................80
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