According to a response from SuSE Technical Support this is their problem. The change occurred, most likely, when you used SaX2 to change or modify your monitor and graphic card settings. The easiest way to fix this problem is to use YaST. (1) In the left-hand menu panel, select "System". (2) Select "/etc/sysconfig Editor" in the System panel. (3) In the "/etc/sysconfig Editor" navigation panel, click on the icon to the left of "Desktop" to expand the tree. (4) Click on the icon to the left of "Display Manager". (a) Click on DISPLAYMANAGER. (b) Select "kdm" from the drop-down list. (c) Click on KDM_SHUTDOWN. (d) Select "all" from the drop-down list. (5) Click on the icon to the left of "Window Manager". (a) Click on DEFAULT_WM. (b) Select "kde" from the drop-down list. (6) Click the "Finish" button on the YaST window frame. You may want to check other "Display Manager" and "Window Manager" values to determine if they look reasonable. On Sun, 1 May 2005, Mark Panen wrote:
Hi
I encountered the following two problems after installing Suse 9.3, which I suspect are caused by KDE 3.4:
1. On boot up the login screen is very different. I am presented with a plain white screen which states
Welcome at Computername Login: Password:
I don't like this login screen and prefer the previous one in Suse 9.2 which is more colourful. How do I change the login screen?
This is corrected by steps 4a, 4b, 5a, and 5b.
Another problem is that in the lower left hand corner of the login screen is a console log for the computer. This xconsole stays open when I log on and needs to be closed manually. Any ideas on how to prevent it from appearing?
2. Shut down
Clicking on Logout provides only one option - "End current session". Clicking on "End current session" returns me to the login screen. There is no option to shut down the computer.
What needs to be done to ensure that the computer shuts down properly without me having to do it manually?
This is corrected by steps 4c and 4d. This problem with SaX2 only seems to occur when you use SaX2 to change your monitor and graphics adapter settings during the first time that you boot your system after installing or upgrading your system from the DVD. I assume that the same problem will occur if you use the bootable CD. I didn't try that approach. Merton Campbell Crockett -- BEGIN: vcard VERSION: 3.0 FN: Merton Campbell Crockett ORG: General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems; Intelligence and Exploitation Systems N: Crockett;Merton;Campbell EMAIL;TYPE=internet: mcc@CATO.GD-AIS.COM TEL;TYPE=work,voice,msg,pref: +1(805)497-5045 TEL;TYPE=work,fax: +1(805)497-5050 TEL;TYPE=cell,voice,msg: +1(805)377-6762 END: vcard