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tscolari l33t
Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 602 Location: curitiba - pr - Brazil
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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:40 pm Post subject: How to add KDE to GDM? |
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I aways used kdm to manage the logins, now im trying out gdm but i cant get kde to appear in the Session list!
Here are somethings ive done to try it:
created a kde-3.2.3 in the /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession :
#!/bin/sh
/usr/kde/3.2/bin/startkde
created a KDE in the /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions, /etc/X11/Sessions:
#!/bin/bash
exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession kde
crated a kde.desktop in the /etc/X11/dm/Sessions:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
# The names/descriptions should really be better
Name=KDE
Exec=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession kde
Icon=
Type=Application
I dont know what more to try... how can i make kde to appear in the gdm session list? |
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JPMRaptor Guru
Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 410 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:12 am Post subject: |
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For some reason gdm recently changed to look for .desktop files in /usr/share/xsessions/. I plunked a kde.desktop file in there with the following contents:
Code: | [Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=KDE
Comment=This session logs you into KDE
Exec=/etc/X11/Sessions/kde-3.2.3
TryExec=/etc/X11/Sessions/kde-3.2.3
Type=Application
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It sucks a bit because I've got to manually update it with each KDE upgrade, but it works well enough for me. _________________ Underwater photo gallery
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tscolari l33t
Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 602 Location: curitiba - pr - Brazil
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:29 am Post subject: |
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i did what you said but still no kde in the list!
im getting out of idea... what is wrong with my gdm? |
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kaare n00b
Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 30
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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Try
Exec=startkde |
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olias2 Apprentice
Joined: 23 Aug 2003 Posts: 234 Location: CANADA
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:02 am Post subject: |
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tscolari wrote: | i did what you said but still no kde in the list!
im getting out of idea... what is wrong with my gdm? |
Try... Code: | chmod 755 /usr/share/xsessions/kde.desktop | Here is my kde.desktop... Code: | [Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=KDE
Comment=This session logs you into KDE
Exec=/usr/kde/3.2/bin/startkde
TryExec=/usr/kde/3.2/bin/startkde
# no icon yet, only the top three are currently used
Icon=
Type=Application |
_________________ A wise man realizes that he too is a fool and then humbles himself to learn that which is greater than he. |
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tscolari l33t
Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 602 Location: curitiba - pr - Brazil
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:56 am Post subject: |
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still not working!!
I copied the kde.desktop above and still not appearing as option!
The only session options i get are these:
-Last
-Xfce Session
-Default System Session
-Custom Session
-Gnome
-Failsafe Gnome
-Failsafe terminal
only these!
here are the ls of the xsession dirs i know:
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#/usr/share/xsessions> ll
total 12
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2919 Jun 10 22:27 gnome.desktop
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 220 Ago 27 21:53 kde.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 166 Ago 25 21:34 xfce.desktop
#/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession> ll
total 12
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 979 Jun 10 22:27 Default
-rwx------ 1 root root 36 Ago 25 20:04 kde-3.2.3
-rwx------ 1 root root 220 Ago 27 21:55 kde.desktop
#/etc/X11/dm/Sessions> ll
total 20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 301 Jun 10 22:27 custom.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4444 Ago 25 20:12 default.desktop
-rwx------ 1 root root 220 Ago 27 21:55 kde.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 202 Mai 20 23:29 xfce.desktop
#/etc/X11/Sessions> ll
total 16
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2464 Ago 23 21:14 Gnome
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Ago 25 20:06 KDE
-rwx------ 1 root root 220 Ago 27 21:56 kde.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2187 Mai 6 01:02 Xsession
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I dont know what to do, why this dont show in the session menu??!! |
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olias2 Apprentice
Joined: 23 Aug 2003 Posts: 234 Location: CANADA
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Don't take this the wrong way but I have to ask... did you restart your system? GDM has to stop and start to refresh the list. Failing that, then try to emerge gdm again. _________________ A wise man realizes that he too is a fool and then humbles himself to learn that which is greater than he. |
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