Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3 - KDE login screen configuration problems
John Horne wrote: I find it very odd, to say the least, that if I tell CentOS/RHEL 6 to install KDE and not Gnome, it goes ahead and uses GDM rather than KDM. That's a bug that was fixed in fedora at some point, probably after rhel6 branched development -- rex ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3 - KDE login screen configuration problems
Sorry, I was definitely wrong. Was away from my computer when I responded :) As root, simply create /etc/sysconfig/desktop. You will want this in that file: DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE It's as simple as executing this as root: echo DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE /etc/sysconfig/desktop I think you may need to reboot once the file is complete - but init 5 may also do the trick... On Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Scot P. Floess wrote: Just create the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop and put in it: DESKTOP=KDM I believe it's DESKTOP - you can dbl check /etc/X11/prefdm Sent from my phoneMike Watson mi...@crucis.net wrote:The last reply to this subject said to modify /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change GDM to KDM. This would then enable the KDE login screen instead of the default Gnome. However, when I checked my CentOS 6.3 system, there was no such file, no /etc/sysconfig/desktop. I've not been able to find any method to enable KDE login in 6.3. The method mentioned in the earlier reply was for CentOS 5, not 6. Any further suggestions? mw -- -- Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee. -- William Kershner http://crucis-court.com http://www.crucis.net/1632search ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware http://flossware.sourceforge.net https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3 - KDE login screen configuration problems
The last reply to this subject said to modify /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change GDM to KDM. This would then enable the KDE login screen instead of the default Gnome. However, when I checked my CentOS 6.3 system, there was no such file, no /etc/sysconfig/desktop. I've not been able to find any method to enable KDE login in 6.3. The method mentioned in the earlier reply was for CentOS 5, not 6. Any further suggestions? mw -- -- Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee. -- William Kershner http://crucis-court.com http://www.crucis.net/1632search ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3 - KDE login screen configuration problems
Just create the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop and put in it: DESKTOP=KDM I believe it's DESKTOP - you can dbl check /etc/X11/prefdm Sent from my phoneMike Watson mi...@crucis.net wrote:The last reply to this subject said to modify /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change GDM to KDM. This would then enable the KDE login screen instead of the default Gnome. However, when I checked my CentOS 6.3 system, there was no such file, no /etc/sysconfig/desktop. I've not been able to find any method to enable KDE login in 6.3. The method mentioned in the earlier reply was for CentOS 5, not 6. Any further suggestions? mw -- -- Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee. -- William Kershner http://crucis-court.com http://www.crucis.net/1632search ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3 - KDE login screen configuration problems
On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 18:45 +0100, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: John Horne wrote: I basically set the same settings, using the same method, as I did for my Fedora PC. As said, that works. So configuring KDE using the 'system settings' works in Fedora, but not in CentOS. well, *are* you using kdm?? what's the output of ps aux | egrep 'kdm|gdm' Fedora is using KDM, CentOS GDM. I came across this http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/s2-sysconfig-desktop.html and set '/etc/sysconfig/desktop' accordingly, so now we have KDM running and most of the settings have taken effect. Still get the 30 second logout confirmation timer, but not so worried about that. I find it very odd, to say the least, that if I tell CentOS/RHEL 6 to install KDE and not Gnome, it goes ahead and uses GDM rather than KDM. With no indication either that the settings for the login screen will have no effect. Anyway, thanks for the help. John. -- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3 - KDE login screen configuration problems
On Mon, 2012-11-19 at 21:04 -0500, Ted Miller wrote: On 11/19/2012 07:25 AM, John Horne wrote: The problem is that we would like to configure the login screen, so that it does not show the user list, that it does not allow the shutdown or reboot commands (from the login screen), and if possible to remove the 30 second confirmation timer that occurs when logout (via 'leave') is selected. I have gone into the 'System settings-Advanced-Login screen', and disabled both local and remote shutdowns and reboots. I have also disabled the showing of the user list, and disabled logout confirmations. Are you actually using KDE login? I believe that by default Centos uses the GDM Gnome login, even when you install KDE. I am running Centos6 with KDE, but I am quite certain that my login is still the default. Before upgrading this machine I was running Centos5, and I jumped through a bunch of hoops to enable the KDE login screen, KDM. I just checked, KDM is installed, but I am quite certain it is not enabled. Hello, I basically set the same settings, using the same method, as I did for my Fedora PC. As said, that works. So configuring KDE using the 'system settings' works in Fedora, but not in CentOS. Thanks for the links, I'll take a look at those tomorrow. John. -- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3 - KDE login screen configuration problems
John Horne wrote: On Mon, 2012-11-19 at 21:04 -0500, Ted Miller wrote: On 11/19/2012 07:25 AM, John Horne wrote: The problem is that we would like to configure the login screen, so that it does not show the user list, that it does not allow the shutdown or reboot commands (from the login screen), and if possible to remove the 30 second confirmation timer that occurs when logout (via 'leave') is selected. I have gone into the 'System settings-Advanced-Login screen', and disabled both local and remote shutdowns and reboots. I have also disabled the showing of the user list, and disabled logout confirmations. Are you actually using KDE login? I believe that by default Centos uses the GDM Gnome login, even when you install KDE. I am running Centos6 with KDE, but I am quite certain that my login is still the default. Before upgrading this machine I was running Centos5, and I jumped through a bunch of hoops to enable the KDE login screen, KDM. I just checked, KDM is installed, but I am quite certain it is not enabled. Hello, I basically set the same settings, using the same method, as I did for my Fedora PC. As said, that works. So configuring KDE using the 'system settings' works in Fedora, but not in CentOS. well, *are* you using kdm?? what's the output of ps aux | egrep 'kdm|gdm' ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3 - KDE login screen configuration problems
On 11/19/2012 07:25 AM, John Horne wrote: Hello, We generally use CentOS for some servers, and so do not use a GUI interface. However, I have recently installed CentOS 6.3 onto a PC with KDE. I am familiar with KDE as I use it with Fedora for my work PC. The problem is that we would like to configure the login screen, so that it does not show the user list, that it does not allow the shutdown or reboot commands (from the login screen), and if possible to remove the 30 second confirmation timer that occurs when logout (via 'leave') is selected. I have gone into the 'System settings-Advanced-Login screen', and disabled both local and remote shutdowns and reboots. I have also disabled the showing of the user list, and disabled logout confirmations. However, none of this has had any effect. The login screen remains the same - showing the userlist and shutdown/reboot commands, and logging out still shows the 30 second confirmation timer. I have compared the /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc file from the CentOS PC to my Fedora PC and they are similar. (I make the same changes to my work PC, and these take effect.) Anyone any ideas about this? Thanks, John. Are you actually using KDE login? I believe that by default Centos uses the GDM Gnome login, even when you install KDE. I am running Centos6 with KDE, but I am quite certain that my login is still the default. Before upgrading this machine I was running Centos5, and I jumped through a bunch of hoops to enable the KDE login screen, KDM. I just checked, KDM is installed, but I am quite certain it is not enabled. Looking at my list of running programs, I find three that start with gdm- , even though I do not have Gnome installed. There is a very good chance you were using KDE tools to configure a non-functioning KDM. Your choices seem to be: Find the tools to configure the login manager you are actually running or Switch to KDM as your actual login manager. Here are a couple of links I checked: https://www.centos.org/docs/2/rhl-rg-en-7.2/s1-x-runlevels.html http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/archived/KDE-GUI-Login-Configuration-HOWTO/ Ted Miller ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
