I have installed SuSE 6.3 about 4 times for various reasons. Two of those times I had a problem appear that makes KDM rather worthless. Instead of placing only the valid users; root, me, etc; it put "users" such as adabas, firewall, apsfilter, and others. Also it did not set up all of the various wm's under Session. Has anyone else experienced this problem? It's not that big of a deal. I boot in runlevel 3 and type: startx <wm>; i.e. startx gnome and it works fine. Also I like being able to drop out of X into the console but I would like to know what's up with KDM if I ever decide to use it again. Regards, David Spurlock Technical Support Manager Interex/XLR8 Tech Support -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
"David H. Spurlock" wrote:
I have installed SuSE 6.3 about 4 times for various reasons. Two of those times I had a problem appear that makes KDM rather worthless. Instead of placing only the valid users; root, me, etc; it put "users" such as adabas, firewall, apsfilter, and others. Also it did not set up all of the various wm's under Session. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
It's not that big of a deal. I boot in runlevel 3 and type: startx <wm>; i.e. startx gnome and it works fine. Also I like being able to drop out of X into the console but I would like to know what's up with KDM if I ever decide to use it again.
I can't say anything about the wm's that weren't set up, but I had the same experience about seeing extra users such as adabas when KDM started. I remember exploring the various KDE configuration options and discovering there was an option for getting rid of them. I think it was in the same area as where you'd set the background color for KDM. Something to do with options for root, I believe. I don't remember any of this very clearly and I'm no longer using KDM, but if you're willing to do some exploration you'll probably be able to get KDM to work the way you want it to. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Start KDE as root, launch the KDE Control Center. Top section (Applications), branch "Login Manager", and I believe it's the "Sessions" tab, if memory serves. The rest is obvious as you'll see. Take care, though: do you have SuSEConfig enabled in /etc/rc.config? SuSEConfig is a wonderful tool, but it might overwrite kdmrc (sometimes, even after it's been modified) next time it's invoked. As a precaution, making a backup of kdmrc is not a bad idea. Hope this helps. REM moonr@mindspring.com ICQ uin 39952184 On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
"David H. Spurlock" wrote:
I have installed SuSE 6.3 about 4 times for various reasons. Two of those times I had a problem appear that makes KDM rather worthless. Instead of placing only the valid users; root, me, etc; it put "users" such as adabas, firewall, apsfilter, and others. Also it did not set up all of the various wm's under Session. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
It's not that big of a deal. I boot in runlevel 3 and type: startx <wm>; i.e. startx gnome and it works fine. Also I like being able to drop out of X into the console but I would like to know what's up with KDM if I ever decide to use it again.
I can't say anything about the wm's that weren't set up, but I had the same experience about seeing extra users such as adabas when KDM started. I remember exploring the various KDE configuration options and discovering there was an option for getting rid of them. I think it was in the same area as where you'd set the background color for KDM. Something to do with options for root, I believe.
I don't remember any of this very clearly and I'm no longer using KDM, but if you're willing to do some exploration you'll probably be able to get KDM to work the way you want it to.
Paul Abrahams
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You can tell kdm which users you want displayed. In the kde menu, go to 'Settings/Applications/Login Manager'. When the KDM Configuration window appears, select the tab 'Users'. In this window, you can designate which users should be shown and whether you would like them sorted. Also, in the next tab, called 'Sessions', you can add window managers that you would like to be able to select from kdm. kdm will remember the last window manager used by each user and present it as the default for the next login. Sort of cool, huh? Give kdm another try...it may grow on you. Andrew "David H. Spurlock" wrote:
I have installed SuSE 6.3 about 4 times for various reasons. Two of those times I had a problem appear that makes KDM rather worthless. Instead of placing only the valid users; root, me, etc; it put "users" such as adabas, firewall, apsfilter, and others. Also it did not set up all of the various wm's under Session. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
It's not that big of a deal. I boot in runlevel 3 and type: startx <wm>; i.e. startx gnome and it works fine. Also I like being able to drop out of X into the console but I would like to know what's up with KDM if I ever decide to use it again.
Regards,
David Spurlock Technical Support Manager Interex/XLR8 Tech Support
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Hello, Wed, 01 Mar 2000, ÷Ù ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌÉ:
I have installed SuSE 6.3 about 4 times for various reasons. Two of those times I had a problem appear that makes KDM rather worthless. Instead of placing only the valid users; root, me, etc; it put "users" such as adabas, firewall, apsfilter, and others.
O the horror of it all. Had (if you wanted) to go through the trouble of K->KDE Control Center->Applications->Login Manager->Users eh?
Also it did not set up all of the various wm's under Session. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I believe you mean the Login GUIs. Your YAST settings are probably not set correctly. Not KDEs fault.
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