This has *not* been a lot of fun. :~( I had none of this trouble that I can recall while 12.2 was Factory. On 2012-09-16 15:51 (GMT-0400) Felix Miata composed:
Why am I getting XDM instead of KDM3 login manager? Does KDM3 require something from the KDE3 repo to produce it? If so, why is it not also in the KDE3 repo instead of in a standard repo, or even any KDE3 package in a standard repo?
This became a problem on a second 12.2 system. Adding KDE3 repo didn't help. So I tried: # zypper rm xdm which caused removal of kdebase3 kdebase3-apps kdebase3-kdm kdebase3-session kdebase3-workspace xdm xorg-x11 Then I commented away "solver.onlyRequires = true" in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf and, after looking through KDE3-DEFAULT.ymp for other possible dependent non-deps, did # zypper in kdebase3 kdebase3-apps kdebase3-kdm kdebase3-session kdebase3-workspace xdm xorg-x11 kdebase3-SuSE That resulted in zypper wanting to install 85 "new" packages, well over half of which are 32 bit, on a 64 bit system, and none other than those on the zypper cmdline that look like valid deps of kdm3. So I uncommented onlyRequires before proceeding to reinstall those packages. After some more head scratching I tried another stab at /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager. Turns out kdm is no a longer valid alias for kdm3 in 12.2 as it used to be; at least, not as long as onlyRequires is true and system is maintained in a minimalist state. Then I tried, zypper clean -a, removing the KDE3 repo, and zypper dup. That apparently made DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm3" and invalid gave me xdm back as kdm replacement. :-p Renabling KDE3 repo and another zypper dup, and KDM came back. Summary, to have KDM3 as login manager requires KDE3 repo enabled, begging another question, why are there any KDE3 packages in OSS instead of only in the KDE3 repo? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org