Re: KDE login screen configuration problems

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So, I am executing:

ps aux | egrep "kdm|gdm"

Here is what I see:

root       545  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:15   0:00 
[kdmflush]
root       581  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:15   0:00 
[kdmflush]
root       582  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:15   0:00 
[kdmflush]
root      1253  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:16   0:00 
[kdmflush]
root      1255  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:16   0:00 
[kdmflush]
root      1256  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:16   0:00 
[kdmflush]
root      2575  0.0  0.0  35564   672 ?        Ss   08:16   0:00 
/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
root      2592  4.3  1.0 170164 37224 tty7     Ss+  08:16  21:12 
/usr/bin/X -nr -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth /var/run/kdm/A:0-UYCs4E




On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Scot P. Floess wrote:

>
> I'm at a loss tbh...  That's definitely what I do for sure...
>
> Curious - did you reboot?
>
> On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Mike Watson wrote:
>
>> It take it back. It worked once. It's now reverted to GDM although
>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop still reads DISPLAYMANAGER=KDM. However, "ps aux
>> | egrep 'kdm|gdm'" shows:
>>
>> bash-4.1$ ps aux | egrep 'kdm|gdm'
>> root      3408  0.0  0.0 121484  2192 ?        Ss   14:19   0:00
>> /usr/sbi/gdm-binary -nodaemon
>> root      3533  0.0  0.0 152284  3376 ?        S    14:19   0:00
>> /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id
>> /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1
>> root      3535 14.9  1.3 176720 81056 tty7     Ss+  14:19   1:43
>> /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -br -verbose -audit 4 -auth
>> /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-jLtDOj/database -nolisten tcp
>> gdm       3622  0.0  0.0  20032   668 ?        S    14:19   0:00
>> /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session
>> root      3807  0.0  0.0 177028  3172 ?        S    14:19   0:00 pam:
>> gdm-password
>>
>> mw
>>
>> --
>>
>> "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee."
>>  -- William Kershner
>> http://crucis-court.com
>> http://www.crucis.net/1632search
>>
>>
>> On 12/07/2012 11:00 AM, Mike Watson wrote:
>>> Thank you. That worked.
>>>
>>> mw
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee."
>>>   -- William Kershner
>>> http://crucis-court.com
>>> http://www.crucis.net/1632search
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/06/2012 02:52 PM, Mike Watson wrote:
>>>> Ahh. OK, I'll make the change and post the results.  :-[
>>>>
>>>> mw
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee."
>>>>   -- William Kershner
>>>> http://crucis-court.com
>>>> http://www.crucis.net/1632search
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/06/2012 01:04 PM, Scot P. Floess wrote:
>>>>> Sorry, I may have not been clear...
>>>>>
>>>>> You want this in /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> DISPLAYMANAGER=KDM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Note no preceeding dollar sign :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> To better understand, take a peak at /etc/X11/prefdm
>>>>>
>>>>> In it, its doing this:
>>>>>
>>>>> . /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll see it doing some checks like:
>>>>>
>>>>> elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then
>>>>>          preferred=/usr/bin/kdm
>>>>>
>>>>> Which will be used in starting kdm :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Mike Watson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry to be so slow in responding. I've done what you suggested. I created
>>>>>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>>>>>> and entered "$DISPLAYMANAGER=KDM". I rebooted but there was no change. GDM is still being used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any other suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mw
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ========================
>>>>>> Just create the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop and put in it:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> DESKTOP=KDM
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe it's DESKTOP - you can dbl check /etc/X11/prefdm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my phoneMike Watson <mikew at crucis.net <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote:The last reply to this subject said to modify /etc/sysconfig/desktop to
>>>>>> change GDM to KDM. This would then enable the KDE login screen instead
>>>>>> of the default Gnome.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, when I checked my CentOS 6.3 system, there was no such file, no
>>>>>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop. I've not been able to find any method to enable
>>>>>> KDE login in 6.3. The method mentioned in the earlier reply was for
>>>>>> CentOS 5, not 6.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any further suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mw
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee."
>>>>>>  -- William Kershner
>>>>>> http://crucis-court.com
>>>>>> http://www.crucis.net/1632search
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