Re: kdm window manager selection...

[jon@pacbell.net (Jon S)]

>Does anyone know how I can get the window-manager selection combo box on
>the kdm screen functioning?

I've had some luck.  It seems to depend on the proper configuration of 
three files.  

For the /etc/kde/kdmrc.in try...

# KDE Config File
[KDMDESKTOP]
BackgroundColor=#00a5c6
FancyBackGround=false
BackgroundPicture=/usr/local/kde/share/wallpapers/bluegrnt.jpg
BackGroundPictureTile=1
[KDM]
SortUsers=true
#Users=root;johndoe
NoUsers=sync;halt;reboot;shutdown;mail;
GreetString=Welcome to [HOSTNAME]
UserView=false
#ShutdownButton=RootOnly
ShutdownButton=ConsoleOnly
FailFont=helvetica,12,5,iso-8859-1,75,0
GreetFont=charter,24,5,iso-8859-1,50,0
StdFont=Helvetica,12,5,iso-8859-1,50,0
SessionTypes=enlightenment;kde;fvwm2;fvwm;failsafe;
GUIStyle=Windows

My /etc/X11/window-managers looks like...

/usr/X11R6/bin/enlightenment
/usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2
/usr/X11R6/bin/twm
/usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker
/usr/X11R6/bin/olvwm
/usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm95
/usr/X11R6/bin/olwm
/usr/X11R6/bin/kde
/usr/X11R6/bin/mwm

Last is the /etc/X11/Xsession file.  I believe KDE installs it's own and I've
seen the deb packages (from ftp.kde.org) not install it correctly.  If this
happens then the window manager selection doesn't work.  Good luck. j-m.

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/X11/Xsession
#
# global Xsession file -- used by both xdm and xinit (startx)

# If /etc/environment is present, source it. It's useful to put default
# environment settings in this file, and then source it both here and in
# /etc/profile.
if [ -f /etc/environment ]; then
  . /etc/environment
fi

optionfile=/etc/X11/Xsession.options

sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap
usrmodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/Xresources
usrresources=$HOME/.Xresources

startup=$HOME/.xsession

for errfile in \
  "$HOME/.xsession-errors" "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/xses-$USER" "/tmp/xses-$USER"
do
  if ( cp /dev/null "$errfile" 2> /dev/null ); then
    chmod 600 "$errfile"
    exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
    break
  fi
done

case $# in
1)
  case $1 in
  failsafe)
    if grep -q ^allow-failsafe $optionfile; then
      if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xterm ]; then
        exec xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0
      else
        exit
      fi
    fi
    ;;
  esac
  ;;
esac

if [ -d $sysresources ]; then
  if [ $(echo $sysresources/*) != "$sysresources/*" ]; then
    for resourcefile in $sysresources/*; do
      xrdb -merge $resourcefile
    done
  fi
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
  xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if grep -q ^allow-user-resources $optionfile; then
  if [ -f $usrresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $usrresources
  fi
fi

if grep -q ^allow-user-modmap $optionfile; then
  if [ -f $usrmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usrmodmap
  fi
fi

if [ -x $startup ] && grep -q ^allow-user-xsession $optionfile; then
  exec $startup
else
  [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xterm ] && xterm -ls &
  if [ -e /etc/X11/window-managers ]; then
    for i in `sed 's/#.*//' /etc/X11/window-managers`; do
      if [ -x $i ]; then
	exec $i
      fi
    done
  fi
  [ -x /usr/bin/X11/twm ] && exec twm
fi