Re: KDM - Get rid of black square

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On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 10:47 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/19/07, John Austin <ja@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>         On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 03:34 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
>         > Hi
>         >
>         > How can I get rid of the big black square that KDM presents
>         atop the 
>         > login screen?
>         >
>         > I do not want to place any picture, I just want a
>         username/password in
>         > there.
>         > I used to have it on FC6, but it got destroyed on the
>         upgrade and now
>         > I do not remember how 
>         > to re-enable it.
>         >
>         > I am using kde-redhat
>         >
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>         Hi
>         
>         I use kdm and hack around with /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc as required 
>         
>         But that is on a standard F7 install!!!!!!!!!
>         
>         Create /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>         DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
>         DISPLAY="KDE"
>         WINDOWMANAGER="KDE
>         
>         Edited /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc as required 
>         243             AllowRootLogin=true
>         285             #GUIStyle=Bluecurve     Bluecurve + Clock puts
>         clock on Right!
>                                                So does commented out
>         Bluecurve
>                                                Don't know why orig
>         clock is above ! 
>         293             LogoArea=Clock
>                        #LogoArea=None
>         317             GreetString="Welcome to Fedora 7 on %h"
>         320             GreetFont=Sans,12,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0
>         342             #UserList=true 
>                        UserList=false
>         354             #ShowUsers=NotHidden
>         441             #UseTheme=true
>         446             #ColorScheme=FedoraFlyingHigh
>         494             AllowRootLogin=true
>         
>         John
>         
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> 
> Thanks.
>  
> Do I have to restart the X server for the changes to take effect?
> I was doing changes on kdmrc last night but none seemed to take place
> despite restarting the X server.
>  
> BTW, my F7 install was not standard, I upgraded from FC6 via YUM :)
>  
> 
> -- 

I played safe and switched to run level 3 and back to run level 5 to
ensure the display manager started cleanly.

Use CONTROL/Alt/F1 terminal say

init 3
init 5

There is probably a better way !!

John

I also sent this direct by mistake !



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