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kdm doesn't display background after upgrade

kdm doesn't display background after upgrade

Post by FuzzyLogi » Fri, 13 Dec 2002 05:20:37



Hello,

I just upgraded from KDE 3.0.1 to KDE 3.0.5 and now KDM refuses to display
any background images, it only displays colours.  Doing research on the internet
I found someone suggested copying the:
/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xsetup to
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
unfortunately this did not work.  I have also tried adding the line
ExportList=QTDIR
to the /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
I have included my kdmrc and Xsetup files for ref.

***BEGIN Xsetup***
#! /bin/sh
# Xsetup - run as root before the login dialog appears

(
  PIDFILE=/var/run/kdmdesktop-$DISPLAY.pid
  /opt/kde/bin/kdmdesktop &
  echo $! >$PIDFILE
  wait $!
  rm $PIDFILE
) &

#xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail -file /dev/xconsole &
***END Xsetup***

***BEGIN kdmrc***
[Desktop0]
BackgroundMode=Flat
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=/opt/kde/share/wallpapers/kde3blue.jpg
WallpaperList=
WallpaperMode=Scaled

[General]
ExportList=QTDIR
PidFile=/var/run/xdm-pid
Xservers=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers

[Shutdown]
HaltCmd=/sbin/halt
LiloCmd=/sbin/lilo
LiloMap=/boot/map
RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot
UseLilo=false

[X-*-Core]
AllowNullPasswd=false
AllowRootLogin=false
AllowShutdown=Root
AutoReLogin=false
Reset=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xreset
Resources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources
Session=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession
Setup=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xsetup
Startup=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/Xstartup

[X-*-Greeter]
AntiAliasing=true
AuthComplain=true
DefaultUser=aaespinoza
EchoMode=OneStar
FailFont=Verdana [Xft],10,-1,5,74,0,0,0,0,0
FocusPasswd=false
GUIStyle=Default
GreetFont=Verdana [Xft],15,-1,5,48,0,0,0,0,0
GreetString=Welcome to %n
GreeterPosFixed=false
GreeterPosX=100
GreeterPosY=100
HiddenUsers=adm,alias,amanda,antonio,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,test,tty,uucp,xfs,xten,
Language=en_GB
LogoArea=Clock
LogoPixmap=
MaxShowUID=65535
MinShowUID=0
PreselectUser=None
SelectedUsers=aaespinoza,root,
SessionTypes=default,kde,failsafe,
ShowUsers=Selected
SortUsers=true
StdFont=Verdana [Xft],11,-1,5,48,0,0,0,0,0

[X-:*-Core]
AllowNullPasswd=true
AllowRootLogin=true
AllowShutdown=All
NoPassEnable=false
NoPassUsers=

[X-:0-Core]
Authorize=true
AutoLogin1st=true
AutoLoginEnable=false
AutoLoginUser=aaespinoza
Reset=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/TakeConsole
Setup=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
Startup=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole

[X-:1-Core]
Authorize=true

[Xdmcp]
Enable=false
KeyFile=/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/xdm-keys
Willing=su nobody -c /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xwilling
Xaccess=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess
***END kdmrc***

any help is appreciated, thank you.
--
-Fuzzy||Logik

 
 
 
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kdm doesn't display background after upgrade

Post by Nikolay Zhuravle » Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:44:59


I remember removing calls to xsri and xsetroot in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
and /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
Then the Control Center/System/Login Manager/Administrator can be used
to tune the rest of the stuff (file /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc)

Nick


>HiddenUsers=adm,alias,amanda,antonio,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,test,tty,uucp,xfs,xten,

no, it is not a good idea to let everybody know usernames/services that
exist on your machine ;)

 
 
 
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kdm doesn't display background after upgrade

Post by FuzzyLogi » Sat, 14 Dec 2002 05:43:31


Quote:> I remember removing calls to xsri and xsetroot in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
> and /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
> Then the Control Center/System/Login Manager/Administrator can be used
> to tune the rest of the stuff (file /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc)

> Nick

Thanks but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be having an effect.  
I appreciate the attempt though.

Quote:> no, it is not a good idea to let everybody know usernames/services that
> exist on your machine ;)

Whoops!

cheers,

--
-Fuzzy||Logik

 
 
 
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1. kdm doesn't read [KDM] part of config file

Well it's more than that, even.  I had kdm running fine from inittab
with RH 5.2 and kde 1.1.  I upgraded to RH6.0 and their 1.1.1 (including
their updated final 1.1.1 RPMs).  OK, so I forgot that I was supposed to
remove the 1.1 RPMs first, but things went well anyways, even though I
had to RPM -e everything because I didn't realize RedHat sends it into
/usr instead of /opt/kde.  So I reinstalled with --relocatepkg.

Anyways, everything works great except kdm.  When I first tried to run
it from inittab, it would provide the bare-bones login screen, i.e.
without any kdmrc file, even though it was sitting in
/opt/kde/share/config/ just as before.  Then I noticed that just as with
kde 1.1, there was a .kde directory in the root directory, which I had
ignored before.  This time I looked there, and there was a
/.kde/share/config/ directory there (and I forget if there was even a
generic kdmrc file as well).  Anyways, since I was trying everything, I
put my kdmrc file there, and this half-solved the problem.  Now kdm
reads the [KDMDESKTOP] part of the file, but not the [KDM] portion.  By
this I mean that I get the background bitmap I specify, but none of the
dialog box customization.  The part of the dialogue box where the
smaller bitmap is supposed to go is blurred out.

What's stranger still, is that I can get kdm to work perfectly if I boot
into run level 3 (multiuser, no X), then log in as root, and run "kdm
-nodaemon".  Then everything works fine.   But of course, that defeats
the objective of booting into X.

Here is the applicable line from my inittab:

id:5:initdefault:
 --(snip other stuff)--
x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

and here is my kdmrc that is in both /opt/kde/share/config/ and
/.kde/share/config/

# KDE Config File
[KDMDESKTOP]
# BackgroundColor=#00a5c6
FancyBackGround=false
BackgroundPicture=/opt/kde/share/wallpapers/ruins.jpg
BackGroundPictureMode=Tile
[Locale]
Language=C
[KDM]
SortUsers=true
NoUsers=sync;halt;reboot;shutdown;mail;
GreetString=Welcome to my Linux Box
UserView=true
ShutdownButton=All
FailFont=helvetica,12,5,iso-8859-1,75,0
Users=jsundqui;kde;root;
LogoPixmap=/opt/kde/share/apps/kdm/pics/pengy.xpm
GreetFont=comic sans ms,24,5,iso-8859-1,50,0
StdFont=Helvetica,12,5,iso-8859-1,50,0
SessionTypes=kde;gnome;anotherlevel;default;failsafe;
Restart=reboot
GUIStyle=Windows
ShutDown=halt

Any ideas?

Jon Sundquist

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