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* [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde
@ 2006-09-02 10:57 Meino Christian Cramer
  2006-09-02 11:08 ` Mick
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  0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Meino Christian Cramer @ 2006-09-02 10:57 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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

 ---

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

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

------


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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* Re: [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde
  2006-09-02 10:57 [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde Meino Christian Cramer
@ 2006-09-02 11:08 ` Mick
  2006-09-02 11:15 ` Richard Fish
  2006-09-02 12:46 ` Benno Schulenberg
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mick @ 2006-09-02 11:08 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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On Saturday 02 September 2006 11:57, Meino Christian Cramer wrote:

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

Try changing this entry to "xdm".
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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* Re: [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde
  2006-09-02 10:57 [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde Meino Christian Cramer
  2006-09-02 11:08 ` Mick
@ 2006-09-02 11:15 ` Richard Fish
  2006-09-02 11:33   ` Meino Christian Cramer
  2006-09-02 12:46 ` Benno Schulenberg
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Fish @ 2006-09-02 11:15 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 9/2/06, Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
>  x:a:once:/etc/X11/startDM.sh # last line

FYI, this script only does something if
/var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service exists.  So I suspect you simply
forgot to also:

rc-update -a xdm default

Yes, you want kdm, but xdm is a generic script that tells init to
actually start your chosen DM for you.

-Richard
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde
  2006-09-02 11:15 ` Richard Fish
@ 2006-09-02 11:33   ` Meino Christian Cramer
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Meino Christian Cramer @ 2006-09-02 11:33 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user, bigfish

From: "Richard Fish" <bigfish@asmallpond.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 04:15:26 -0700

> On 9/2/06, Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> >  x:a:once:/etc/X11/startDM.sh # last line
> 
> FYI, this script only does something if
> /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service exists.  So I suspect you simply
> forgot to also:
> 
> rc-update -a xdm default
> 
> Yes, you want kdm, but xdm is a generic script that tells init to
> actually start your chosen DM for you.
> 
> -Richard
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> 

Hi Richard !

solfire:/root>rc-update -a xdm default
 * xdm already installed in runlevel 'default'; skipping
solfire:/root>


--

solfire:/root>/var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service
zsh: no such file or directory: /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service
solfire:/root>

--

I looked at /var/lib/init.d/options
but it is empty.

So I think, somewhere a script was badly ended or incompletely
executed or whatever...

Any idea how to retrun to GENCON 1 ? :)

Keep hacking!
mcc
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde
  2006-09-02 10:57 [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde Meino Christian Cramer
  2006-09-02 11:08 ` Mick
  2006-09-02 11:15 ` Richard Fish
@ 2006-09-02 12:46 ` Benno Schulenberg
  2006-09-02 23:27   ` Nick Rout
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Benno Schulenberg @ 2006-09-02 12:46 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
>  My current (not working) settings are:
>
>  etc/inittab:
>  # Default runlevel.
>  id:5:initdefault:
>
> [...]
>  l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc X11

Why did you change "default" to "X11" here?  /sbin/rc doesn't know 
about runlevel X11.  Better put back "default" and do as Richard 
says.

Benno

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* Re: [gentoo-user] Booting into kdm but not using kde
  2006-09-02 12:46 ` Benno Schulenberg
@ 2006-09-02 23:27   ` Nick Rout
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nick Rout @ 2006-09-02 23:27 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:46:55 +0200
Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> wrote:

> Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
> >  My current (not working) settings are:
> >
> >  etc/inittab:
> >  # Default runlevel.
> >  id:5:initdefault:
> >
> > [...]
> >  l5:5:wait:/sbin/rc X11
> 
> Why did you change "default" to "X11" here?  /sbin/rc doesn't know 
> about runlevel X11.  Better put back "default" and do as Richard 
> says.
> 
> Benno


why not simply choose icewm in the kdm login screen (look for "sessions" in the menu)

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