I just upgraded to sid KDE/2.2.2 and I'm having similar issues. The only session option that works is "default" which sends me to KDE. How do I get KDM to recognize other window managers (GNOME, e, etc.)?
I implemented the 3 fixes listed below, but the problem still persists. Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spoke Thusly: > On Thursday 13 December 2001 at 12:32 am, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt7 -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp > > > > > > Ivan (or is anyone in Debian listening?) They also might be > > > aware of a reason for leaving the vt7 out! > > > > it's in the default config file. you probably have a modified old > > version, so you don't get the new one automatically. > > > > > OK .. It looks like afterstep (session I tried) is found and then > > > it starts up /usr/bin/x-session-manager which is symlinked to > > > /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager which is symlinked to kde2 > > > > hmm. x-session-manger is only a symlink to a concrete manager. so if > > it gets executed in the first place (instead of the selected > > session), it's already a problem. > > at best, you send me the session log. the sh output is sometimes hard > > to understand. > > OK I shall do that. And thanks for the offer. I took a look at > /etc/alternatives and specifically at /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives > What stopped me was that there x-session-manager had two > things - kde and gnome, while x-window-manager had afterstep, > sawfish, fvwm2, twm, and wmaker. I was going to shelve this > until I had more time! > > I am e-mailing you an e-mail with an attached file > .xsession-errors.hoodes_13_Dec.gz - please let me know if this > is sufficient information. > > Oswald replied: > > you're missing the allow-user-xsession entry in your kdm.options file, > > as it seems. > > Eurekea I found the problem. I don't believe entry is needed in > kdm.options. The reason it wasn't found was that optionfile was being > queried and optionfile has been changed to OPTIONFILE. > > I changed the /etc/X11/Xsession line > optionfile=/etc/X11/Xsession.options > to > OPTIONFILE=/etc/X11/Xsession.options > and the kdm chooser works as it supposed to!!! > My Xsession.dpkg-dist file dated 19 October 2000 had the correct > definition of OPTIONFILE !!!!! > > Oswald - thanks very much for the assistance. The most important > lesson I've learned is to take the time to view all incoming conf files > and implement!!!! > > The problems fixed were: > > 1) KDM keyboard was frozen on initial display Fixed by: changing the > > line in Xservers (adding vt7) to: > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt7 -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp > > 2) CTRL-R / System Console prompt was missing on KDM > > Fixed by changing the line in Xservers (added tty1) to: > :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt7 -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp > > 3) KDM chooser was not working, always executed KDE2 > Fixed by changing the /etc/X11/Xsession line > optionfile=/etc/X11/Xsession.options > to > OPTIONFILE=/etc/X11/Xsession.options > ________________________________________________________ > Michael Hoodes http://www.hoodes.com Seattle, WA -- James Lindenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
