David,
Your file is quite different from mine. I have attached mine which is derived from the file in kdm 3.0.7.cvs20020824-1 debian package. (KDE3.1 beta)
I have attached mine along with a diff file between yours and mine. Maybe it is only meant for KDE3.1 not KDE3.0, but I don't think it can hurt anything to try it.
Good Luck
David Stanaway wrote:
On Sat, 2002-09-07 at 04:36, Ray Dougharty wrote:
I had these problems and solved it by changing the following three entries in the kdmrc file ( Mine is located in /etc/kde3/kdm/ ).
SessionTypes=kde3,default,failsafe, PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid AuthDir=/var/lib/kdm/authdir
Hope it helps
I replaced/added these where apropriate in the kdmrc file, but I still have the same problem.
I have attached my kdmrc..
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# KDM configuration example. # Note, that all comments will be lost if you change this file with # the kcontrol frontend. # # Definition: the greeter is the login dialog, i.e., the part of KDM # which the user sees. # # You can configure every X-display individually. # Every display has a display name, which consists of a host name # (which is empty for local displays), a colon and a display number. # Additionally, a display belongs to a display class (which can be # ignored in most cases; the kcontrol config frontend does not support # this feature at all). # Sections with display-specific settings have the formal syntax # "[X-" host [":" number [ "_" class ]] "-" sub-section "]" # You can use the "*" wildcard for host, number and class. You may omit # trailing components; they are assumed to be "*" then. # The host part may be a domain specification like ".inf.tu-dresden.de". # From which section a setting is actually taken is determined by these # rules: # - an exact match takes precedence over a partial match (for the host part), # which in turn takes precedence over a wildcard # - precedence decreases from left to right for equally exact matches # Example: display name "myhost:0", class "dpy". # [X-myhost:0_dpy] precedes # [X-myhost:0_*] (same as [X-myhost:0]) precedes # [X-myhost:*_dpy] precedes # [X-myhost:*_*] (same as [X-myhost]) precedes # [X-*:0_dpy] precedes # [X-*:0_*] (same as [X-*:0]) precedes # [X-*:*_*] (same as [X-*]) # These sections do NOT match this display: # [X-hishost], [X-myhost:0_dec], [X-*:1], [X-:*] # If a setting is not found in any matching section, the default is used. # # Every comment applies to the following section or key. #
# Greeter background # XXX do this on a per-display basis: should be [X-*-Desktop] # HELPME: I need help with kbackgroundrenderer! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Desktop0] BackgroundMode=Wallpaper BlendBalance=100 BlendMode=NoBlending ChangeInterval=60 Color1=30,114,160 Color2=192,192,192 CurrentWallpaper=0 LastChange=0 MinOptimizationDepth=1 MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti Pattern= Program= UseSHM=false ReverseBlending=false Wallpaper=debian.jpg WallpaperList= WallpaperMode=Scaled
[General] # If "false", KDM won't daemonize after startup. Use this, if you start # KDM from inittab with the respawn instruction. Default is true. #DaemonMode=false # If the value starts with a slash (/), it specifies the file, where X-servers # to be used by KDM are listed; the file is in the usual XDM-Xservers format. # Otherwise it's interpreted like one line of the Xservers file, i.e., it # specifies exactly one X-server. # Default is ":0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7" # XXX i'm planning to absorb this file into kdmrc, but i'm not sure how to # do this best. Xservers=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers # Where KDM should store its PID. Default is "" (don't store) PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid # Whether KDM should lock the pid file to prevent having multiple KDM # instances running at once. Leave it "true", unless you're brave. #LockPidFile=false # Where to store authorization files. Default is /var/run/xauth AuthDir=/var/lib/kdm/authdir # Whether KDM should automatically re-read configuration files, if it # finds them having changed. Just keep it "true". #AutoRescan=false # Additional environment variables KDM should pass on to kdm_config, kdm_greet, # Xsetup, Xstartup, Xsession, and Xreset. LD_LIBRARY_PATH is a good candidate; # otherwise it shouldn't be necessary very often. #ExportList=SOME_VAR,ANOTHER_IMPORTANT_VAR # Where the command FiFos should be created. Make it empty to disable # the FiFos. Default is /var/run/xdmctl #FifoDir=/tmp # To which group the command FiFos should belong. # Default is -1 (effectively root) #FifoGroup=xdmctl
[Xdmcp] # Whether KDM should listen to XDMCP requests. Default is true. Enable=false # The UDP port KDM should listen on for XDMCP requests. Don't change the 177. #Port=177 # File with the private keys of X-terminals. Required for XDM authentication. # Default is /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmkeys KeyFile=/etc/kde3/kdm/xdm-keys # XDMCP access control file in the usual XDM-Xaccess format. # Default is /etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess # XXX i'm planning to absorb this file into kdmrc, but i'm not sure how to # do this best. Xaccess=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess # Number of seconds to wait for display to respond after the user has # selected a host from the chooser. Default is 15. #ChoiceTimeout=10 # Strip domain name from remote display names if it is equal to the local # domain. Default is true #RemoveDomainname=false # Use the numeric IP address of the incoming connection instead of the # host name. Use this on multihomed hosts. Default is false #SourceAddress=true # The program which is invoked to dynamically generate replies to XDMCP # BroadcastQuery requests. # By default no program is invoked and "Willing to manage" is sent. Willing=su nobody -c /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xwilling
[Shutdown] # The command to run to halt the system. Default is /sbin/halt #HaltCmd= # The command to run to reboot the system. Default is /sbin/reboot #RebootCmd= # Whether one can shut down the system via the global command FiFo. # Default is false #AllowFifo=true # Whether one can abort still running sessions when shutting down the system # via the global command FiFo. Default is true #AllowFifoNow=false
# Rough estimations about how many seconds KDM will spend at most on # - opening a connection to the X-server (OpenTime): # OpenRepeat * (OpenTimeout + OpenDelay) # - starting a local X-server (SeverTime): ServerAttempts * ServerTimeout # - starting a display: # - local display: StartAttempts * (ServerTime + OpenTime) # - remote/foreign display: StartAttempts * OpenTime
# Core config for all displays [X-*-Core] # How long to wait before retrying to start the display after various # errors. Default is 15 #OpenDelay= # How long to wait before timing out XOpenDisplay. Default is 120 #OpenTimeout= # How often to try the XOpenDisplay. Default is 5 #OpenRepeat= # Try at most that many times to start a display. If this fails, the display # is disabled. Default is 4 #StartAttempts= # The StartAttempt counter is reset after that many seconds. Default is 30 #StartInterval= # Ping remote display every that many minutes. Default is 5 #PingInterval= # Wait for a Pong that many minutes. Default is 5 #PingTimeout= # Restart instead of resetting the local X-server after session exit. # Use it if the server leaks memory, etc. Default is false #TerminateServer=true # The signal needed to reset the local X-server. Default is 1 (SIGHUP) #ResetSignal= # The signal needed to terminate the local X-server. Default is 15 (SIGTERM) #TermSignal= # Need to reset the X-server to make it read initial Xauth file. # Default is false #ResetForAuth=true # Create X-authorizations for local displays. Default is true #Authorize=false # Which X-authorization mechanisms should be used. # Default is XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1,MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 #AuthNames= # The name of this X-server's Xauth file. Default is "", which means, that # a random name in the AuthDir directory will be used. #AuthFile= # Specify a file with X-resources for the greeter, chooser and background. # The KDE frontend doesn't care for this, so you don't need it unless you # use an alternative chooser or another background generator than kdmdesktop. # Default is "" Resources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources # The xrdb program to use to read the above specified recources. # Default is /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb #Xrdb= # A program to run before the greeter is shown. You should start kdmdesktop # there. Also, xconsole can be started by this script. # Default is "" Setup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup # A program to run before a user session starts. You should invoke sessreg # there and optionally change the ownership of the console, etc. # Default is "" Startup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xstartup # A program to run after a user session exits. You should invoke sessreg # there and optionally change the ownership of the console, etc. # Default is "" Reset=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xreset # The program which is run as the user which logs in. It is supposed to # interpret the session argument (see SessionTypes) and start an appropriate # session according to it. # Default is /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -ls -T Session=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession # The program to run if Session fails. # Default is /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm #FailsafeClient= # The PATH for the Session program. Default is # /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin UserPath=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games # The PATH for Setup, Startup and Reset, etc. Default is # /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin SystemPath=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games # The default system shell. Default is /bin/sh #SystemShell=/bin/bash # Where to put the user's X-server authorization file if ~/.Xauthority # cannot be created. Default is /tmp #UserAuthDir= # The host chooser program to use. # Default is /usr/bin/chooser # XXX this is going to be integrated into the greeter (probably). #Chooser= # If "true", KDM will automatically restart a session after an X-server # crash (or if it is killed by Alt-Ctrl-BackSpace). Note, that enabling # this opens a security hole: a secured display lock can be circumvented. # Default is false #AutoReLogin=true # Allow root logins? Default is true AllowRootLogin=false # Allow to log in, when user has set an empty password? Default is true AllowNullPasswd=false # Who is allowed to shut down the system. This applies both to the # greeter and to the command FiFo. Default is All # "None" - no "Shutdown..." button is shown at all # "Root" - the root password must be entered to shut down # "All" - everybody can shut down the machine (Default) AllowShutdown=Root # Who is allowed to abort all still running sessions when shutting down. # Same options as for AllowShutdown. Default is All #AllowSdForceNow=Root # The default choice for the shutdown condition/timing. # "Schedule" - shutdown after all sessions exit (possibly at once) (Default) # "TryNow" - shutdown, if no sessions are open, otherwise do nothing # "ForceNow" - shutdown unconditionally #DefaultSdMode=ForceNow # If this is false the user must select the shutdown condition/timing already # in the shutdown dialog. If this is true he won't be bothered with the options, # but will be asked what to do if sessions are actually open. Default is true # NOTE: the interaction is currently not implemented. If this is set to true, # a normal forced shutdown will happen (without caring for the AllowSdForceNow # option!), i.e., KDM will behave exactly as before KDE 3.0. #InteractiveSd=false # Where (relatively to the user's home directory) to store the last # selected session. Default is .wmrc #SessSaveFile=
# Greeter config for all displays [X-*-Greeter] # Session types the users can select. It is advisable to have "default" and # "failsafe" listed herein, which is also the default. # Note, that the meaning of this value is entirely up to your Session program. SessionTypes=kde3,default,twm,sawfish,wmaker,metacity,ratpoison,gnome-session,failsafe # Widget Style of the greeter: # Default, Windows, Platinum, Motif, MotifPlus, CDE, SGI, and any styles you # may have installed, e.g., HighColor; Default is "Default" #GUIStyle=Windows # What should be shown righthand of the input lines: # "Logo" - the image specified by LogoPixmap (Default) # "Clock" - a neat analog clock # "None" - nothing LogoArea=Clock # The image to show when LogoArea=Logo. Default is kdelogo.png #LogoPixmap= # Normally, the greeter is centered on the screen. Use this, if you want # it to appear elsewhere on the screen. Default is false #GreeterPosFixed=true #GreeterPosX=200 #GreeterPosY=100 # The headline in the greeter. # The following character pairs are replaced: # - %d -> current display # - %h -> host name, possibly with domain name # - %n -> node name, most probably the host name without domain name # - %s -> the operating system # - %r -> the operating system's version # - %m -> the machine (hardware) type # - %% -> a single % # Default is "Welcome to %s at %n" #GreetString=K Desktop Environment (%n) # The font for the headline. Default is charter,24,bold #GreetFont=charter,24,5,0,50,0 # The normal font used in the greeter. Default is helvetica,12 #StdFont=helvetica,12,5,0,50,0 # The font used for the "Login Failed" message. Default is helvetica,12,bold #FailFont=helvetica,12,5,0,75,0 # Whether the fonts shown in the greeter should be antialiased. Default is false AntiAliasing=true # What to do with the Num Lock modifier for the time the greeter is running: # "On" -> - turn on # "Off" -> - turn off # "Keep" -> - don't change the state (Default) #NumLock=Off # Language to use in the greeter. Default is en_US #Language=de_DE # Specify, which user names (along with pictures) should be shown in the # greeter. # "NotHidden" - all users except those listed in HiddenUsers (Default) # "Selected" - only the users listed in SelectedUsers # "None" - no user list will be shown at all #ShowUsers=None # For ShowUsers=Selected. Default is "" #SelectedUsers=root,johndoe # For ShowUsers=NotHidden. Default is "" HiddenUsers=adm,alias,amanda,apache,bin,bind,daemon,exim,falken,ftp,games,gdm,gopher,halt,httpd,ident,imnadm,ingres,kmem,lp,mail,mailnull,man,mta,mysql,named,news,nfsnobody,nobody,nscd,ntp,operator,pcap,pop,postfix,postgres,qmaild,qmaill,qmailp,qmailq,qmailr,qmails,radvd,reboot,rpc,rpcuser,rpm,sendmail,shutdown,squid,sympa,sync,tty,uucp,xfs,xten # Special case of HiddenUsers: users with a UID less than this number # (except root) will not be shown as well. Default is 0 MinShowUID=1000 # Complement to MinShowUID: users with a UID greater than this number will # not be shown as well. Default is 65535 MaxShowUID=29999 # If false, the users are listed in the order they appear in /etc/passwd. # If true, they are sorted alphabetically. Default is true #SortUsers=false # Specify, if/which user should be preselected for log in. # Note, that enabling this feature can be considered a security hole, # as it presents a valid login name to a potential attacker, so he "only" # needs to guess the password. # "None" - don't preselect any user (Default) # "Previous" - the user which successfully logged in last time # "Default" - the user specified in the DefaultUser field #PreselectUser=Previous # The user to preselect if PreselectUser=Default #DefaultUser=ethel # If this is true, the password input line is focused automatically if # a user is preselected. Default is false #FocusPasswd=true # The password input fields cloak the typed in text. Specify, how to do it: # "NoEcho" - nothing is shown at all, the cursor doesn't move # "OneStar" - "*" is shown for every typed letter (Default) # "ThreeStars" - "***" is shown for every typed letter #EchoMode=NoEcho # Hold the X-server grabbed the whole time the greeter is visible. # This may be more secure, but will disable any background. Default is false #GrabServer=true # How many seconds to wait for grab to succeed. Default is 3 #GrabTimeout= # Warn, if local X-authorization cannot be created. Default is true # XXX this is a dummy currently AuthComplain=true
# Core config for local displays [X-:*-Core] # How often to try to run the X-server. Running includes executing it and # waiting for it to come up. Default is 1 #ServerAttempts= # How long to wait for a local X-server to come up. Default is 15 #ServerTimeout= # See above AllowShutdown=All # See above AllowRootLogin=true # See above AllowNullPasswd=true # Enable password-less logins on this display. USE WITH EXTREME CARE! # Default is false #NoPassEnable=true # The users that don't need to provide a password to log in. NEVER list root! #NoPassUsers=fred,ethel
# Greeter config for local displays [X-:*-Greeter] # See above #AuthComplain=false # The screen the greeter should be displayed on in multi-headed setups. # The numbering starts with 0 and corresponds to the listing order in the # active ServerLayout section of XF86Config. -1 means to use the upper-left # screen. Default is 0 #GreeterScreen=-1
# Core config for 1st local display [X-:0-Core] # Enable automatic login on this display. USE WITH EXTREME CARE! # Default is false #AutoLoginEnable=true # The user to log in automatically. NEVER specify root! #AutoLoginUser=fred # The password for the user to log in automatically. This is NOT required # unless the user is to be logged into a NIS or Kerberos domain. If you use # it, you must "chmod 600 kdmrc" for obvious reasons. #AutoLoginPass=secret! # The session for the user to log in automatically. This becomes useless after # the user's first login, as the last used session will take precedence.
#AutoLoginSession=kde # If "true", the auto-login is truly automatic, i.e., the user is logged in # when KDM comes up. If "false", the auto-login must be initiated by crashing # the X-server with Alt-Ctrl-BackSpace. Default is true #AutoLogin1st=false # See above Authorize=true # See above Setup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup_0 # See above Startup=/etc/kde3/kdm/GiveConsole # See above Reset=/etc/kde3/kdm/TakeConsole
# Greeter config for 1st local display [X-:0-Greeter] # See above #PreselectUser=Default # See above #DefaultUser=johndoe
[X-:1-Core] # See above Authorize=true
[General] AuthDir=/var/lib/kdm/authdir ConfigVersion=2.0 PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid Xservers=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers
[Shutdown] HaltCmd=/sbin/halt LiloCmd=/sbin/lilo LiloMap=/boot/map RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot UseLilo=false [X-*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=false AllowRootLogin=false AllowShutdown=None Authorize=true AutoReLogin=false Reset=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xreset Resources=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xresources Session=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession Setup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup Startup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xstartup SystemPath=/usr/local/kde3/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11 UserPath=/usr/local/kde3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games [X-*-Greeter] AntiAliasing=false AuthComplain=true BackgroundCfg=/etc/kde3/kdm/backgroundrc DefaultUser=pgd EchoMode=OneStar FaceSource=AdminOnly FailFont=helvetica,12,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0 FocusPasswd=true GUIStyle=Keramik GreetFont=charter,24,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 GreetString=Welcome to %s at %n GreeterPosFixed=false GreeterPosX=100 GreeterPosY=100 HiddenUsers= Language=en_US LogoArea=Logo LogoPixmap= MaxShowUID=29999 MinShowUID=1000 PreselectUser=Previous SelectedUsers=pgd,ray,kde3,guest SessionTypes=kde3,default,failsafe, ShowUsers=Selected SortUsers=true StdFont=helvetica,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 UseBackground=true [X-:*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=true AllowRootLogin=true AllowShutdown=All NoPassEnable=false NoPassUsers= [X-:0-Core] AutoLogin1st=true AutoLoginEnable=false AutoLoginUser=backup [Xdmcp] Enable=false KeyFile=/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmkeys Willing=su nobody -c /etc/kde3/kdm/Xwilling Xaccess=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess
--- kdmrc Sun Sep 8 03:42:35 2002 +++ kdmrc.working Sun Sep 8 03:49:59 2002 @@ -1,26 +1,8 @@ -[Desktop0] -BackgroundMode=Wallpaper -BlendBalance=100 -BlendMode=NoBlending -ChangeInterval=60 -Color1=30,114,160 -Color2=192,192,192 -CurrentWallpaper=0 -LastChange=0 -MinOptimizationDepth=1 -MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti -Pattern= -Program= -ReverseBlending=false -UseSHM=false -Wallpaper=debian.jpg -WallpaperList= -WallpaperMode=Scaled - [General] AuthDir=/var/lib/kdm/authdir +ConfigVersion=2.0 PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid -Xservers=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers +Xservers=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers [Shutdown] HaltCmd=/sbin/halt @@ -32,20 +14,22 @@ [X-*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=false AllowRootLogin=false -AllowShutdown=Root +AllowShutdown=None +Authorize=true AutoReLogin=false Reset=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xreset -Resources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources -Session=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession +Resources=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xresources +Session=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession Setup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup Startup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xstartup -SystemPath=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games -UserPath=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games +SystemPath=/usr/local/kde3/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11 +UserPath=/usr/local/kde3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games [X-*-Greeter] -AntiAliasing=true +AntiAliasing=false AuthComplain=true -DefaultUser=guest +BackgroundCfg=/etc/kde3/kdm/backgroundrc +DefaultUser=pgd EchoMode=OneStar FaceSource=AdminOnly FailFont=helvetica,12,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0 @@ -56,16 +40,16 @@ GreeterPosFixed=false GreeterPosX=100 GreeterPosY=100 -HiddenUsers=adm,alias,amanda,apache,bin,bind,daemon,exim,falken,ftp,games,gdm,gopher,halt,httpd,ident,imnadm,ingres,kmem,lp,mail,mailnull,man,mta,mysql,named,news,nfsnobody,nobody,nscd,ntp,operator,pcap,pop,postfix,postgres,qmaild,qmaill,qmailp,qmailq,qmailr,qmails,radvd,reboot,rpc,rpcuser,rpm,sendmail,shutdown,squid,sympa,sync,tty,uucp,xfs,xten,ray,guest,kde3,root +HiddenUsers= Language=en_US LogoArea=Logo LogoPixmap= MaxShowUID=29999 MinShowUID=1000 PreselectUser=Previous -SelectedUsers= +SelectedUsers=pgd,ray,kde3,guest SessionTypes=kde3,default,failsafe, -ShowUsers=NotHidden +ShowUsers=Selected SortUsers=true StdFont=helvetica,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 UseBackground=true @@ -78,18 +62,12 @@ NoPassUsers= [X-:0-Core] -Authorize=true +AutoLogin1st=true AutoLoginEnable=false -AutoLoginUser=guest -Reset=/etc/kde3/kdm/TakeConsole -Setup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup_0 -Startup=/etc/kde3/kdm/GiveConsole - -[X-:1-Core] -Authorize=true +AutoLoginUser=backup [Xdmcp] Enable=false -KeyFile=/etc/kde3/kdm/xdm-keys -Willing=su nobody -c /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xwilling -Xaccess=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess +KeyFile=/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmkeys +Willing=su nobody -c /etc/kde3/kdm/Xwilling +Xaccess=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess
