According to the config files in 7.1 ( /opt/kde2/share/config/SuSE/config/kdmrc ) there is an option "ConsoleMode=/sbin/init 3" that should be located under the "[KDM]" entry.
The key words here being "config files in 7.1" ? My system is 6.4. Which maybe explains the absence of the "ConsoleMode="-line in my kdmrc...? No?
Works on my machine - KDE 2.1 beta 2
- -tosi
Or is it the KDE version which decides? (mine is 2.0)
Did you try editing the file via root and kde's control central?
launch kcontrol->system->login manager, under session you should be able to set who is allowed to do what
Naturally I did this as root. In fact kdmrc is so restricted, that only root can even read it ;-) Something puzzles me though - kcontrol shows different settings when opened from my regular user-account, than when opened from root...? The option ConsoleMode f.x. shows /sbin/init 2 as seen from the root-account, but /sbin/init 3 as a regular user. The option is there, yes, but changing settings doesn't have any effect. But, Juergen you got it! That's EXACTLY what I'm after - a non-X init level, as a choice in KDM... It would, IMHO, be pretty cool. So what's this about feedback@suse.com ? This is where you go with ideas for features and stuff? But now, it seems, that this functinality is already included since 7.* ? So there seems little point in writing feedback@suse with this? Question remains: How do I do it on my 6.4 system?