Re: debian3.0 (Woody) login interface - How?

[Geoff Crompton <geoff.crompton@bjhcontrols.com.au>]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 06:49:09PM -0700, damar thapa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed Debian3.0, during which I chose KDE as my
> default X Window.  Everything works fine, and I like
> the login interface, from which I could (i)login as
> root (or any users, of course), (ii) Switch to
> different X managers, and (iii) most importantly I
> could go to text mode login.
> 
> Recently I changed my X Window Manager to GNOME,
> during which I got different login interface, from
> where (i) I cannot login as root and (ii) Therere is
> nothing thatlets me into text mode login.
> 
> So, I changed back to KDE again, but I still get the
> same GNOME login interface. 
> 
> How can I go back to the original KDE login interface?
> 
> Any pointers would be highly appreciated.

  make /etc/X11/default-display-manager contain the line
/usr/bin/kdm

  and also check that you have kdm installed. A dpkg -l kdm should show:
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  |
  Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
  |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
  uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name           Version        Description
  +++-==============-==============-============================================
  ii  kdm            2.2.2-14       The K Desktop Manager


  The 'ii  kdm' means it is installed

  If kdm is not installed, do:
  apt-get install kdm

  Geoff