[sclug] Gnome 2

[Alex Butcher lug]

On 6 Oct 2002, Scott Rixon wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have been playing with Gnome2.. I have a quick question, if anyone
> else is using it!!
> 
> I have found out that I need to set GDK_USE_XFT=1 to get AA fonts.. But
> I don't know where?

I set that sort of thing using a shell script in /etc/profile.d under RH, so
that it applies globally to all users on the host.

> I don't have a .xsession file in my home directory.. I believe this is
> because I am using a 'gdm' (What does that mean, I assume it is the
> little GUI that I select which session to use?) 

Gnome Display Manager, a descendent of xdm (guess...).

> Help!
> Scott

Best Regards,
Alex.
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