Message-ID:
From: paul.c.leopardi@ac.com
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:39:43 +1000
Subject: Getting KDE 2.0 kdm to work with SuSE Linux 7.0
Is SuSE planning to update /sbin/init.d/xdm , /sbin/SuSEconfig and
/sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.kdm, and probably a few more, to make SuSE Linux
7.0 more aware of KDE 2.0?
I installed KDE 2.0 over RC2, using YaST on SuSE Linux 7.0. The version I
installed was from the KDE 2.0 RPMs for SuSE 7.0 on the KDE site:
After much searching around for documentation, I came to the conclusion
that there are a number of undocumented post-installation steps needed for
KDE 2.0 on SuSE Linux. This is because SuSE is aware of old KDE but not KDE
2.0. In particular, xdm and SuSEconfig are set up for old KDE and old kdm.
In particular, to get the new kdm to substitute for the old one, I needed
to make the following changes to /sbin/init.d/xdm , /sbin/SuSEconfig and
/sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.kdm
Summary:
1. Change some instances of /opt/kde/bin to /opt/kde2/bin
2. Add /opt/kde2/bin to some paths before /opt/kde/bin
3. Change SuSEconfig.kdm to use "," as a delimiter rather than ";"
See detailed diff output below. Please note that since I am a dumb user and
not a SuSE developer, I probably have done something wrong.
Is SuSE planning to update these three files, and probably a few more, to
make SuSE Linux 7.0 more aware of KDE 2.0?
I hope so. In fact, I hope that SuSE has updates for these files, as well
as detailed post-installation steps, either as part of an updated FAQ at
http://www.suse.com/us/support/download/kde2/faq.html , or at the very
least, as part of the update package mentioned at
http://www.suse.com/us/support/download/kde2/index.html
Detailed diff output
--------------------
/sbin/init.d/xdm:
35c35
< kdm|kde|KDM|KDE) DISPLAYMANAGER=/opt/kde/bin/kdm ;;
---
kdm|kde|KDM|KDE) DISPLAYMANAGER=/opt/kde2/bin/kdm ;;
/sbin/SuSEconfig:
532a533,537
if test -d $r/opt/kde2 ; then
echo "KDEDIR=/opt/kde2" >> $r/etc/SuSEconfig/profile.SuSEconfig
echo "export KDEDIR" >> $r/etc/SuSEconfig/profile.SuSEconfig
echo "setenv KDEDIR /opt/kde2" >>
$r/etc/SuSEconfig/csh.cshrc.SuSEconfig
fi
616c621
< PATH
=$PATH:$r/usr/X11R6/bin:$r/opt/kde/bin:$r/opt/gnome/bin:$r/usr/openwin/bin
PATH
=$PATH:$r/usr/X11R6/bin:$r/opt/kde2/bin:$r/opt/kde/bin:$r/opt/gnome/bin:$r/usr/openwin/bin
618c623
< PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/openwin/bin
PATH
=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/openwin/bin
623c628
< test -z "$WINDOWMANAGER" && WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/kde
test -z "$WINDOWMANAGER" && WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/kde2
/sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.kdm:
114c114
< KDEDIR="$r/opt/kde"
---
KDEDIR="$r/opt/kde2"
195,196c195,196
< type -p $wm &> /dev/null || continue
< nWM="$nWM;$wm"
---
type -p $wm &> /dev/null || continue
nWM="$nWM,$wm"
199c199
< nWM="$nWM;failsafe"
---
nWM="$nWM,failsafe"
213c213
< KDM_NOUSERS="nobody;"
KDM_NOUSERS="nobody,"
222c222
< KDM_NOUSERS="$KDM_NOUSERS$USER;"
KDM_NOUSERS="$KDM_NOUSERS$USER,"
229c229
< USERSCMD="$USERSCMD$i;"
---
USERSCMD="$USERSCMD$i,"
250,251c250,251
< fi
<
---
fi
261c261
< KDM_SHUTDOWN=None;;
---
KDM_SHUTDOWN=None;;
