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Bug#416365: marked as done (genkdmconf mangles "ServerArgsLocal")

Your message dated Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:40:01 +0100
with message-id <200711102240.01705.fboudra@free.fr>
and subject line no effect in X-Session changing ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp in kdmrc
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-6
Severity: important

The subject says it all.  On my installation I modify /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc
by commenting out the ServerArgsLocal entry, because I, in this case,
don't want the "-nolisten tcp" option.

But the invocation of genkdmconf in /etc/init.d/kdm changes this back,
removing the comment when it generates /var/run/kdm/kdmrc, thus
forbidding tcp listening whether I wish it or not.

It may be that this is just a documentation problem - that there is
a way around this.  But I have not been able to find any documentation
on what the genkdmconf program actually does - only which files it reads


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-7.244-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.13            Debian configuration management sy
ii  kdebase-bin            4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-6 core binaries for the KDE base mod
ii  kdebase-data           4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-6 shared data files for the KDE base
ii  kdelibs4c2a            4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-7 core libraries and binaries for al
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.1.1-21        GCC support library
ii  libpam-runtime         0.79-4            Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g               0.79-4            Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libqt3-mt              3:3.3.7-3         Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libstdc++6             4.1.1-21          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.0.3-6         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.1-2         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6              1:1.0.1-2         X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxtst6               1:1.0.1-5         X11 Testing -- Resource extension 
ii  xbase-clients          1:7.1.ds1-2       miscellaneous X clients

Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii  logrotate                     3.7.1-3    Log rotation utility

-- debconf information:
  kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
  kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm

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--- Begin Message --- 
Hi,

kdm uses /var/run/kdm/kdmrc generated from /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc 
in /etc/init.d/kdm with genkdmconf:

KDMCFGDIR=/var/run/kdm
genkdmconf --in $KDMCFGDIR

if you update ServerArgsLocal in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc,
make sure you call /etc/init.d/kdm.

to test:
* edit /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc
* update ServerArgsLocal parameter
* call genkdmconf --in /var/run/kdm
* edit /var/run/kdm/kdmrc
* check ServerArgsLocal parameter was properly synced

which is the case for me. Now, restart kdm to make the change takes effect.

cheers,

Fathi

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