Am Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2004 22:44 schrieb James Richard Tyrer:
Martin Fahrendorf wrote:
Your problem is not the file kdmrc. This file is no longer used to show the selection of available WMs. kde3.2 uses .desktop files in $KDEDIR/share/apps/kdm/sessions to determine wether a WM is available or not. In these files there is a entry called TryExec. On startup kdm checks whether the command in TryExec can be executed. If yes, the WM is displayed in the entry, if not ... . If you chose one of these entries from kdm the Exec part of the .desktop file is passed to the xsession script (defined in kdmrc).
I seem to be unable to find this either in the HELP or in:
http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog3_1_5to3_2.php
I also notice that I do not have this directory:
$KDEDIR/share/apps/kdm/sessions/
and that the Session types listed in my (old): "kdmrc" file still show up in the KDM login widget.
So, perhaps it is more complicated than you stated.
I also notice that the KCM for Login Manager appears to be missing the: "Sessions" tab. Is this normal (for 3.2)? How do I configure my Sessions?
Hm, that is strange, indeed. I added a .desktop file in my session directory because i use both, kde31 and kde32 and the default installation only supports plain kde. and after a restart of kdm, the Entry for my kde32 installation is shown in the session selection (at least on two different hosts). Btw: always compiled from plain kde source.
Perhaps, kdm uses the .desktop files if the session directory is there and the kdmrc things if the directory is not there.
I also wondered that the kdm kcontrol modul can no longer add/remove WM (as kde31 modul can do).
There is some documentation in a README file in: "kdebase/kdm/".
Apparently, the new system is only used if you have the line:
[X-*-Core]
SessionsDirs=/usr/share/kdm/sessions,/usr/share/kdm/sessions
is added to the: "kdmrc" file to replace the:
SessionTypes=kde,default,gnome,failsafe,
line.
But the only way to configure this appears to be by hand. :-(
-- JRT
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