That was easy. Thanks, Rob
On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 20:04, Mike Pearce wrote: > For Redhat 7.3 at least.... all done as root or su root > To set the default login manager edit the file... > > /etc/sysconfig/desktop > > the contents of that file should be..... > > DESKTOP="KDE" > > .... and thats about it... restart X and you should be running the KDE login > manager. > > For some other systems the file only needed to include... KDE ...and that > was all. > > To edit the settings you will need to run the KDE control Centre and under the > system menu select the login manager and have fun selecting pictures etc. > > > Mike > > > On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 18:19, you wrote: > > I have just used Red Carpet to upgrade Evolution to the latest Beta > > version (which fixed my "not removing deleted emails on exit problem) > > but it also added the Ximian Gnome desktop and now the default Login > > Manager is the Ximian Gnome version. > > > > I really liked the KDE Login Manager as it could be set up to show > > users, default to last user and focus on the password box. > > > > I think I can get it back to use the KDE version by editing the file > > /etc/X11/prefdm (see it below) but I wondered if someone more confident > > than me can advise what I should do? > > > > Thanks, Robert > > > > PS As a "newbie" and a GUI preferer, I found the Red Carpet prgramme to > > be very good for updates. > > > > Here is the contents of /etc/X11/prefdm........ > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > > > > # We need to source this so that the login screens get translated > > . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh > > > > # Run preferred X display manager > > > > # Try autologin first, if wanted... > > if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/autologin -a -x /usr/sbin/autologin ]; then > > if /usr/sbin/autologin; then > > exit 0 > > fi > > # If autologin fails (bad permissions, etc.), we get here - > > # time to start a real display manager. > > fi > > > > preferred= > > if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then > > source /etc/sysconfig/desktop >/dev/null 2>&1 > > [ -n "$DISPLAYMANAGER" ] && DESKTOP=$DISPLAYMANAGER > > if [ "$DESKTOP" = GNOME ]; then > > preferred=gdm > > elif [ "$DESKTOP" = "KDE" -o "$DESKTOP" = "KDE1" -o "$DESKTOP" = "KDE2" > > ]; then > > preferred=kdm > > fi > > fi > > > > if [ -z "$preferred" ]; then > > if which gdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > preferred=gdm > > elif which kdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > preferred=kdm > > elif which xdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > preferred=xdm > > fi > > fi > > > > if [ -n "$preferred" ] && which $preferred >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > exec `which $preferred` $* >/dev/null 2>&1 > > fi > > > > if which gdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > exec `which gdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1 > > elif which kdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > exec `which kdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1 > > elif which xdm >/dev/null 2>&1; then > > exec `which xdm` $* >/dev/null 2>&1 > > fi > > > > # catch all exit error > > exit 1 -- Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
