DISAPPEARING SESSIONS I am running KDE 2 (2.2.2) on Debian/testing, and I have also built KDE 3.1 (c. rc5) from CVS and installed it in local directories.
So my kdm is from the standard distribution. I have added a kde3 session type to it to invoke the kde 3 installation. The problem I have is that session type keeps disappearing--not every time I log out or shutdown, but intermittently. I originally created the session type by editing some control files; the first time it disappeared I used kcontrol's login manager settings to add the session. Either way, it sometimes disappears. (The kde3 invoking script I wrote for the session to use doesn't disappear, but the kde3 in the session drop downs does disappear). Since I thought the setup might be somewhat Debian specific, I thought I'd ask here. One theory that has occurred to me is that it may disappear whenever my last logout is from a kde3 session. I typically run kde2 in one virtual terminal and kde3 in another. Does anyone see any way the kde3 logout could overwrite the settings kde2 uses? Note that my kde3 build is standard, not via debian/rules. Another possibility is that something about apt-get dist-upgrade resets the session list, since I just did one of those before the session disappeared. RELUCTANT SHUTDOWN Another peculiarity I've noted is that since I added a second virtual terminal in /etc/kde2/kdm/Xservers I can not shutdown without first letting the second virtual terminal display its login screen. In other words, if I just work in vt7 and then logout and shutdown, I get switched to vt1 (as usual). But no shutdown happens til I manually switch to vt8 and the login screen appears. At that point I get switched back to vt1 and watch as the shutdown proceeds. Anybody know what's up with that? Thanks.