I would like to try out the KDE 2.0 Beta so I downloaded and installed
the following files from the cooker site:
kde1-compat-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm
kdeaddutils-1.93-4mdk.i586.rpm
kdeadmin-1.93-4mdk.i586.rpm
kdebase-1.93-9mdk.i586.rpm
kdegames-1.93-3mdk.i586.rpm
kdegraphics-1.93-3mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-1.93-4mdk.i586.rpm
kdelibs-sound-1.93-4mdk.i586.rpm
kdemultimedia-1.93-3mdk.i586.rpm
kdenetwork-1.93-3mdk.i586.rpm
kdepim-1.93-3mdk.i586.rpm
kdesupport-1.93-7mdk.i586.rpm
kdetoys-1.93-2mdk.i586.rpm
kdeutils-1.93-2mdk.i586.rpm
kdoc-1.93-2mdk.noarch.rpm
koffice-1.93-7mdk.i586.rpm
qt2-2.2-0.7mdk.i586.rpm
qt2-devel-2.2-0.7mdk.i586.rpm
I also use a graphical X login screen. Prior to installation I had the
following choices for window managers:
kde,Gnome,WindowMaker,Enlightenment,Sawmill,BlackBox,AfterStep,Fvwm2,Icewm,Fvwm1,failsafe,default.
These appear in the usual popup menu with one choice per line.
After installing the RPMs listed above (using rpm --nodeps --force -ivh
*.rpm) and rebooting I get a login screen which appears to have only one
choice of window manager which is listed on one long line as:
kde;Gnome;WindowMaker;Enlightenment;Sawmill;BlackBox;AfterStep;Fvwm2;Icewm;Fvwm1;failsafe;default
when I login using this choice I get a default window manager (I
don'tknow what its name is, but its not kde).
I can fix this problem by loging in a s root and editing the
/usr/share/config/kdmrc file and changing the line
SessionTypes=kde;Gnome;WindowMaker;Enlightenment;Sawmill;BlackBox;AfterStep;Fvwm2;Icewm;Fvwm1;failsafe;default
to
SessionTypes=kde,Gnome,WindowMaker,Enlightenment,Sawmill,BlackBox,AfterStep,Fvwm2,Icewm,Fvwm1,failsafe,default.
After making this change, the login window shows the usual popup menu
with one choice of window manager per line and everything works fine.
Here's my problem if I reboot the machine the login window is goofed up
again until I re-edit the kdmrc file. How do I fix this problem?
