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Re: KDM hang after login



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On 2004-03-10 21:12, Rodger Williams wrote:
> >> Is there a way to make KDM default to selecting KDE as the session
> >> type?
> >
> > sure there would be, but i think "default" is a better default.
> > to make "default" kde for all users (like it is in upstream kde),
> > you have to patch Xsession.
>
> I would ask you to kindly reconsider that decision.
>
> While it may be logical from a system structure perspective, dumping
> the user into a blank background screen after login is

that was a bug not a feature

> counter-intuitive to a user who has gone out of their way to install
> and select KDM based on its being "the KDE Display Manager." The
> spectacle of users (these didn't appear to be dummies, either) using
> GDM to set KDE as the default is very telling.

having the kdm 'default' option call the x-session-manager alternative is 
IMHO _exactly_ the right behavior, that's what it is there for (ok, so 
there's currently a bug where the alternative setting is borked, but it 
will be fixed, if it isn't already)

> I agree that you should not try to have _all_ users default to KDE.
> But surely you could have those using KDM default to KDE.

choice of display manager has no direct relation to choice of desktop 
environment, nor should it have
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