Good day all. On my clean install of suse 9.3 I get the green login screen (KDE) where I enter username and password. How can I change this to show certain users with the icons as in previous versions? The KDE website says to select "show users" in control panel, but I don't see that option. Many thanks, -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
On Saturday 07 May 2005 15:33, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Good day all.
On my clean install of suse 9.3 I get the green login screen (KDE) where I enter username and password. How can I change this to show certain users with the icons as in previous versions? The KDE website says to select "show users" in control panel, but I don't see that option.
On my clean install of suse 9.3 I get the green login screen (KDE) where I enter username and password. How can I change this to show certain users with the icons as in previous versions? The KDE website says to select "show users" in control panel, but I don't see that option.
On Sat May 7 2005 9:39 am, Anders Johansson wrote: thanks, I also was looking for that info ! Edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager as user root and change then entry DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="SUSE" to DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="" To accomplish this, you have two possibilities: 1. Use YaST2 sysconfig editor: * Start YaST2 * Go to 'System' -> '/etc/sysconfig Editor' * Open: 'Desktop' -> 'Display manager' -> 'DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME' * delete SUSE * Click on finish 2. With an editor of your choice. You don't need to start a graphical session as root, just follow these few steps: * Press ALT+F2 -> type konsole -> and press run * Type su - and press Enter * Enter the password for the user root (please note, no * or other signs will be displayed) * Load the file with your favorite editor (for more information please have a look at ASCII Editors (http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/06/thallma_ascii_editor.html) ) * Change DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="SUSE" to DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="" * After you have made these changes, save the file, exit the editor and run the command SuSEconfig --module kdm3 -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
On my clean install of suse 9.3 I get the green login screen (KDE) where I enter username and password. How can I change this to show certain users with the icons as in previous versions? The KDE website says to select "show users" in control panel, but I don't see that
On Sat May 7 2005 9:39 am, Anders Johansson wrote: option. thanks, I also was looking for that info !
Edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager as user root and change then entry DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="SUSE"
Hi guys. This did not change my login. I used the yast method, no change. I checked the displaymanager file and it does now have the value "", but again, no change in login. I logged off and rebooted both, no change. (Side question, does logout restart x? I don't see a restart x in the options menu as before). Any other suggestions? -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
On Saturday 07 May 2005 16:34, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Hi guys. This did not change my login. I used the yast method, no change. I checked the displaymanager file and it does now have the value "", but again, no change in login. I logged off and rebooted both, no change.
What does the DISPLAYMANAGER variable say in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager? Could it be that it says xdm? If it does, do the following: Log out switch to a text console with ctrl-alt-f1 log in as root run rcxdm stop edit the /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager file and change DISPLAYMANAGER from xdm to kdm run rcxdm start
(Side question, does logout restart x? I don't see a restart x in the options menu as before).
Yes, a logout will restart X, but not the display manager, which may at times be necessary when you make changes to the display manager configuration.
On Saturday 07 May 2005 16:34, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Hi guys. This did not change my login. I used the yast method, no change. I checked the displaymanager file and it does now have the value "", but again, no change in login. I logged off and rebooted both, no change.
What does the DISPLAYMANAGER variable say in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager? Could it be that it says xdm? If it does, do the following:
It is set to kdm -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
On Sat May 7 2005 10:47 am, Jim Flanagan wrote:
What does the DISPLAYMANAGER variable say in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager? Could it be that it says xdm? If it does, do the following:
It is set to kdm did you do that last part?? DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="" * After you have made these changes, save the file, exit the editor and run the command SuSEconfig --module kdm3
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
On Sat May 7 2005 10:47 am, Jim Flanagan wrote:
What does the DISPLAYMANAGER variable say in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager? Could it be that it says xdm? If it does, do the following:
It is set to kdm did you do that last part?? DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="" * After you have made these changes, save the file, exit the editor and run the command SuSEconfig --module kdm3
Yes. I first used the yast method that runs suseconfig automatically. That didn't change the login. Then I manually checked /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and yast had changed it to "". For good measure I ran SuSEconfig --module kdm3 a well, even though I didn't have to change anything at that point. That did not change the log in either. Am I missing something simple?? -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
On Saturday 07 May 2005 17:45, Jim Flanagan wrote:
On Sat May 7 2005 10:47 am, Jim Flanagan wrote:
What does the DISPLAYMANAGER variable say in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager? Could it be that it says xdm? If it does, do the following:
It is set to kdm
did you do that last part?? DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="" * After you have made these changes, save the file, exit the editor and run the command SuSEconfig --module kdm3
Yes. I first used the yast method that runs suseconfig automatically. That didn't change the login. Then I manually checked /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and yast had changed it to "". For good measure I ran SuSEconfig --module kdm3 a well, even though I didn't have to change anything at that point. That did not change the log in either.
Am I missing something simple??
Do this grep Theme /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc grep Theme /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc Do you get different results?
On Sat May 7 2005 10:47 am, Jim Flanagan wrote:
What does the DISPLAYMANAGER variable say in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager? Could it be that it says xdm? If it does, do the following:
It is set to kdm
Do this
grep Theme /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc grep Theme /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
Do you get different results?
Hi Anders, Here are the results.... -------------- linny:/home/jimfla # grep Theme /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc Theme=/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/themes/SUSE UseTheme=true linny:/home/jimfla # grep Theme /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc #UseTheme=true Theme=/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/themes/circles linny:/home/jimfla # -------------- Not sure why it says to use both themes. -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
On Saturday 07 May 2005 20:15, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Here are the results.... -------------- linny:/home/jimfla # grep Theme /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc Theme=/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/themes/SUSE UseTheme=true
ok, edit this file and change UseTheme to false, then restart kdm with "rcxdm restart" Not sure why the change to the sysconfig file didn't have any effect.
On Saturday 07 May 2005 20:15, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Here are the results.... -------------- linny:/home/jimfla # grep Theme /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc Theme=/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdm/themes/SUSE UseTheme=true
On Saturday 07 May 2005, Anders wrote:
ok, edit this file and change UseTheme to false, then restart kdm with "rcxdm restart"
Not sure why the change to the sysconfig file didn't have any effect.
That did the trick Anders. Thanks. I get the panel with the user icons, that works fine now. The background is completely black. How can i tweak the look of that? Many thanks, -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
On Saturday 07 May 2005 20:36, Jim Flanagan wrote:
That did the trick Anders. Thanks. I get the panel with the user icons, that works fine now. The background is completely black. How can i tweak the look of that?
That you should be able to do through the Login Manager setup in KDE's control center
On Saturday 07 May 2005 20:36, Jim Flanagan wrote:
That did the trick Anders. Thanks. I get the panel with the user icons, that works fine now. The background is completely black. How can i tweak the look of that?
That you should be able to do through the Login Manager setup in KDE's control center
Ok Anders, Thanks again. If you have time, could you explain to me what we did? I realize yast/suseconfig failed to do what is was supposed to, but why were there two themes that were listed to be used from two different locations? Where can i read up more on the login themes? Thanks again. -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
On Saturday 07 May 2005 20:49, Jim Flanagan wrote:
but why were there two themes that were listed to be used from two different locations?
Well, by default if you install KDE directly from kde.org, it will use configuration files in /opt/kde3/share/config (or, to be exact, in $KDEDIR/share/config, where $KDEDIR is where kde is installed) suse normally changes this to /etc/opt/kde3, partly to make it more adhering to the filesystem hierarchy standard. However, at times, especially in the supplementary/ updates, there are times when they forget to do this, so kdm will read its settings from /opt instead of /etc/opt. Of course SuSEconfig will continue to change the settings in /etc/opt, but kdm will ignore them. That was my original idea. What I was expecting to see was the Theme being set in /opt/kde3 while it was unset in /etc/opt. But this time it was a different problem. This time neither setting had been changed at all, which was why you had to do it manually. I'm still not sure why that happened.
Where can i read up more on the login themes?
I wish I knew. I saw it for the first time on a mailing list. It's a very new thing. So new that there is no GUI configuration setting for it.
On Sat May 7 2005 11:45 am, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Yes. I first used the yast method that runs suseconfig automatically. That didn't change the login. Then I manually checked /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and yast had changed it to "". For good measure I ran SuSEconfig --module kdm3 a well, even though I didn't have to change anything at that point. That did not change the log in either.
Am I missing something simple?? you DO have multiple logins available, and they aren't hidden, right?
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
On Sat May 7 2005 11:45 am, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Yes. I first used the yast method that runs suseconfig automatically. That didn't change the login. Then I manually checked /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and yast had changed it to "". For good measure I ran SuSEconfig --module kdm3 a well, even though I didn't have to change anything at that point. That did not change the log in either.
Am I missing something simple?? you DO have multiple logins available, and they aren't hidden, right? -- Paul Cartwright
I have 3 users set up, only root is hidden. -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
Am Samstag, 7. Mai 2005 17:45 schrieb Jim Flanagan:
On Sat May 7 2005 10:47 am, Jim Flanagan wrote:
What does the DISPLAYMANAGER variable say in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager? Could it be that it says xdm? If it does, do the following:
It is set to kdm
did you do that last part?? DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="" * After you have made these changes, save the file, exit the editor and run the command SuSEconfig --module kdm3
Yes. I first used the yast method that runs suseconfig automatically. That didn't change the login. Then I manually checked /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and yast had changed it to "". For good measure I ran SuSEconfig --module kdm3 a well, even though I didn't have to change anything at that point. That did not change the log in either.
Am I missing something simple??
-- Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
Hi there. I ran into the same problem. Changes to /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager had no effect on the login screen. Then this lines in the output of SuSEconfig --module kdm3 came to my attention: [...] ATTENTION: You have modified /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. Leaving it untouched... You can find my version in /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.SuSEconfig [...] Don't knwo why i had changes to the kdmrc Suseconfig does not know about, but anyway, replacing my version with the newly created one solved the whole thing for me. HIH ....Volker
On Mon May 9 2005 5:27 am, Volker Poplawski wrote:
Hi there.
I ran into the same problem. Changes to /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager had no effect on the login screen.
Then this lines in the output of SuSEconfig --module kdm3 came to my attention: [...] ATTENTION: You have modified /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. Leaving it untouched... You can find my version in /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.SuSEconfig [...]
Don't knwo why i had changes to the kdmrc Suseconfig does not know about, but anyway, replacing my version with the newly created one solved the whole thing for me. maybe you can add that info to the wiki ??? http://www.susewiki.org
I already added my info to that login problem.. check under the HOW-TO section, user login screen -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
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Anders Johansson
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Paul Cartwright
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Volker Poplawski