[SWLUG] KDE 3.4 Login Manager

[p.g.richardson at phantomjinx.co.uk]

Stephen,

You have to bear in mind that with Mandriva (and maybe other distros), you
are not just up against the tweaking of KDE but also the tweaking of
Mandriva itself.

Now what you have done:
1. Gone through the Mandriva wizards to define the default OS and to log
automatically into KDE. (during install process)

2. Used KDE Control Centre to update user settings.

Try loading up Mandriva Control Centre (drakconf is the command to run on
the command line) and changing the auto login settings from there. You
might find you are at least back to your original install.

Mandriva and KDE control modules appear to have a funny relationship. For
example, just try changing a menu entry using MdkMenuEdit app and then use
KDEMenuEdit.

Best in Mandy to stick to one method or the other unless you want to
fiddle with individual xml files.

Regards

Paul


> Dear All
>
> I  have just reinstalled Mandriva 2006.  During installation I set up
> this non duel boot computer to default to Linux after ten seconds and
> then to automatically log into KDE the only user.  It worked OK.
>
> I got too bold and adventurous from here on.
>
> I wanted to change the "End Sessions" options to include an icon login
> for root and the user (whereby I would have clicked an Icon for either
> and then entered a password) and buttons to reboot and shutdown.  I
> fiddled and made things worse.  Now the only "End Sessions" option I am
> presented with is to "End Current Session" or "Cancel".
>
> But worse, now when I restart I do not get automatically logged as a
> user and I have to enter the user and password.
>
> I have tried to retrace my steps in Control Center, KDE's Session
> Manager and Login Manager.  I have read the KDE Session Manager help
> file and the KDE Login Manager Help file.  The later makes references to
> options on the Users tab which I cannot find.
>
> "You may disable the user list in kdm entirely in the Show Users
> section. You can choose from:
> None........................
> Only show users you have specifically enabled.......
> Not hidden.............."
>
> These sound relevant but I cannot find this section and options on the
> User tab.  However at this tab I did press defaults.  Though this did
> not help.
>
> The printed manual do not cover this subject either.
>
> Any help appreciated
>
> Stephen
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