[gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde

[Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@gmx.de>]

Hi,

 I want to boot "into kdm", or -- in other words -- the first thing I
 want to do after switching on my PC is to login into the kdm panel.
 Furthermore, kde should NOT be started, but icewm.

 I searched the gentoo wiki and the docs at gentoo.org for hints and
 found bits and pieces what to do...but it still does not work.

 My current (not working) settings are:

 etc/inittab:
 # Default runlevel.
 id:5:initdefault:
 
 # System initialization, mount local filesystems, etc.
 si::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit
 
 # Further system initialization, brings up the boot runlevel.
 rc::bootwait:/sbin/rc boot
 
 l0:0:wait:/sbin/rc shutdown
 l1:S1:wait:/sbin/rc single
 l2:2:wait:/sbin/rc nonetwork
 l3:3:wait:/sbin/rc default
 l4:4:wait:/sbin/rc default
 l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc X11
 l6:6:wait:/sbin/rc reboot
 #z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin
 .
 .
 .
 x:a:once:/etc/X11/startDM.sh # last line

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 /etc/rc.conf:
 # What display manager do you use ?  [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ]
 DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm"
.
.
.
 XSESSION="icewm"

----
 
rc-update show:
.
.
.
                 xdm |          default

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After the boot process ended I find myself at the console login
and runlevel 5 is running...but no X and therefore no xdm/kdm.

When start kdm as root by hand, X starts, then kdm and after login 
icewm is running...so far so nice. But why does boot ignore me ? ;)

Keep hacking!
 mcc


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