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Dave Seff wrote:
| change the following line in /etc/inittab:
| x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
|
| to
|
| x:5:respawn:/opt/kde3/bin/kdm -nodaemon
|
| That should do it.
|

Except that this method defeats the whole point of prefdm. Rather apply
the attached patch, and put the following in /etc/sysconfig/desktop:
DISPLAYMANAGER=kde3

Buchan


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--- /etc/X11/prefdm.orig        Mon Apr  8 13:33:41 2002
+++ /etc/X11/prefdm     Fri Apr  5 18:59:48 2002
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
                preferred=gdm
        elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "KDM" -o "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "kdm" -o 
"$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "KDE" -o "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "kde" ]; then
                preferred=kdm
+       elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "KDM3" -o "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "kdm3" -o 
+"$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "KDE3" -o "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "kde3" ]; then
+               preferred=/opt/kde3/bin/kdm
        elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "XDM" -o "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = "xdm" ] ; then
                 preferred=xdm
        fi

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