-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 TerraNova66 wrote:
On 3 October, 2008 3:56:55 pm John Pierce wrote:
Hello list!
I have just installed opensuse 11 and have tried to setup kdm, instead of xdm. I chose to use kdm and still xdm is running.
I think the following file might be what you're looking for.
/etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
Here's the first 9 lines from my displaymanager file.
## Path: Desktop/Display manager ## Description: settings to generate a proper displaymanager config ## Type: string(kdm,kdm3,kdm4,xdm,gdm,wdm,console) ## Default: "" # # Here you can set the default Display manager (kdm/xdm/gdm/wdm/console). # all changes in this file require a restart of the displaymanager # DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm3"
Probably the last line above in your file reads "xdm". Try changing it to "kdm3"
I'd recommend using kdm3. I've tried using kdm4, and it seems to ignore my attempts to change the settings (fonts and colours).
Hope this gets you going!
This information can be set via Yast in the /etc/sysconfig editor section. It is used by the /etc/init.d/xdm script to initialise the initial desktop setup on boot. It will not work if the xdm script does not recognise the value given in DISPLAYMANAGER, (e.g. for entrance one has to add entrance related setting to /etc/init.d/xdm). Yast give a list of recognised settings. IIRC if all else fails it defaults to xdm. The original post was about running kdm without using xdm. I am not an X expert and I have no idea to what extent xdm and kdm are interlinked on SuSE, and whether this is either possible or desirable. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjvYbkACgkQasN0sSnLmgKh5QCg0EOWhkZPTn3Hz7m08qpSSaI9 dR0AnRpOpjEkfl54TioP5LYsuZK8EJuq =dFGq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org