I also experienced kdm problem during compilation from CVS. Kdm wont compile
on Mandrake 7.2. And I have had this problem for last two months. I would
really like
to know how Chris managed to compile kdm on Mandrake 7.2. Some KDE developers
told me that it is Mandrake related problem (I don't believe it, because kde
has had problems
with kdm since 2.0 was released - ie. you can't set background picture for
kdm - which was possible in 1.9x releases), and on IRC I met some other
mandrake-users
who had exactly the same problem. I can't remember exactly, but I think that
problem was
with libXdmcp, and greeter or chooser.
Now I use Chris' RPMS from the 9th of january, and I can't log into Gnome
although I have
Gnome listed in kdm (I added it to kdmrc) what is not a big deal 'cause I log
to kde and gnome from
console, but there maybe some users who like graphical login.
Regards,
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:21:06 -0600, Tom Brinkman said:
> On Wednesday 17 January 2001 05:37 pm, Mark Belanger wrote:
> > Christopher Molnar wrote:
> > > I have just uploaded RPM's for KDE 2.1 CVS as of 2001-01-15. These
>
> > Has anyone had kdm troubles with these packages?
> > Since installing them (on 2 different machines), I have
> > some oddities.
> > 1. Restart Xserver causes X to crash and kdm to exit
>
> not that bad, but kdm is fairly screwed. many system services are
> shown as users. only option on the 'shutdown' button is re-start the
> Xserver. <Ctrl-Alt-F2> gets me to a level 3 prompt. Then I can login
> as root and reboot/halt, or go to root's desktop (which I rarely need
> to do). Kcontrol in root is useless, as user only the System | Login
> manager is useless. NBFD, I keep user up 24/7 anyhow, an' I only use
> KDE.
>
> > 2. The session menu contains only default, kde, and failsafe.
> > Selecting kde puts you into icewm. Default does launch kde
>
> I only have 'default' (kde) and gnome choices. altho all the WM's
> are installed, and use to be available to switch to.
>
> > To install the pkgs, I downloaded all files and ran rpm -Uvh *.rpm
> > and ran update-menus.
>
> many, many times + 'rpm --rebuilddb' many times ;) I fixed kdm,
> and all the problems I cited above, by uninstalling kdebase-20010115
> and putting kdebase-20010109 back in. Problem with that was, I soon
> missed how much improved memory usage (256 ram) and quickness was with
> 20010115. So I put the newer kdebase-20010115 rpm back in, even tho it
> screws kdm, et al. No show stoppers, and hardly affects the way I'm
> use to runnin anyhow.
>
> I've gone as far as to try rebuilding the src.rpm equivalents of
> arts, kdelibs-sound, and kdebase and tryin those. No better, MOF,
> kdebase-20010115-src fails to compile. Same spot, well into it, after
> 2 attempts. What gets me is I've done all of Chris' updates (lot's!)
> and this is the first time i've had any problems to speak of. So I
> reckon it's a user/hardware/config on my part that screwed the pooch
> this time.
>
> So, I'm ready for some new updates ;>> Chris? ya lis'nin?
> --
> Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
>
>
