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On 12/28/2009 1:49 AM, Andrew Lowe wrote: |
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> On 28/12/2009 1:03 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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>> On Montag 28 Dezember 2009, Kirill Lipatov wrote: |
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>>> well yeah. I just think that setting the kdm as the login manager is the |
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>>> easiest way to automatically start kde4 session after loging in. |
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>>> However, |
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>>> kdm is of course not mandatory and it can do more than just start kde4 |
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>> OP wrote he wanted 'kde' as login manager. Which implies he wants kdm. |
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> Thank you gentlemen for your replies. Setting DISPLAYMANAGER to kdm in |
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> /etc/conf.d/xmd it will be then. My confusion comes from there being |
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> posts suggesting this method, others setting XSESSION in |
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> /etc/env.d/90xsession, things mentioning /etc/X11/sessions and so on. |
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> I've still got my training wheels on so it can be a bit confusing at times. |
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You are probably confusing KDE - the entire Qt-based desktop |
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environment, with kdm - a Qt-based display manager and an |
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(optional) component of KDE. |
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The first option will set up the KDE display manager to run |
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when you boot, but it won't actually start "KDE". The |
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second will make KDE the default when you log in through the |
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generic xdm display manager. The last option will get KDE |
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to show up in the list of known session types (for example, |
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what you see in the drop-down list on gdm). |
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You don't *need* to use KDE's display manager to launch KDE, |
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you just need to tell whatever display manager you have to |
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start the kde4 session. Similarly, just because you run kdm |
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doesn't mean you have to launch KDE when you log in; you |
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could launch any of the sessions in kdm's list. |
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But if you are only installing KDE on your machine, then |
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there's really no good reason not to use kdm as well, and |
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allow it to default to KDE4, so you should be all set. |
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--Mike |