In a message dated 1/8/99 12:31:30 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > 1) About runlevels, I currently run at level 2, do I just change the value in > > the inittab to 5 and be done with it? or are there more things to consider? > > You can do that. Is that really something you need to do, though? No, I was just under the impression that you needed to be at runlevel 5 to run xdm at startup. If I can run at level 2, fine with me. Is there a policy/standard on this? > > 2) I figured out how xdm starts. Init does it via the rc.* files. All of > > them link back to /etc/init.d/xdm - a script that does the dirty work. It > > uses start-stop-daemon to actually start the xdm program. Question is, I need > > to start kdm instead of xdm. Is it acceptable to just rename the xdm program > > to xdm.old and put a link to kdm in it's place? or is it better to change the > > script to start kdm? > > There should be a /etc/init.d/kdm file that starts KDM for you. The > symlinks should have been created in the appropriate /etc/rcX.d > directories as well. All you should have to do is edit /etc/X11/config so > it says start-kdm instead of start-xdm. I compiled my KDE (as there weren't any binaries available for the 1.0 version), and it didn't created any of these files. I have no start-kdm file, no symlinks to the kdm program, and no start-kdm line in my X11 config. This is part of my confusion. > > 3) The startx is self-explanatory. The startkde brings up the kwm and other KDE > > utils that bring up the desktop. There are actually 5 or 6 things that get > > started. How do I get all of these to come up when kdm starts? The > > instructions with KDE didn't help much. Should I just add these to the bottom > > of the xdm script in init.d? Or is there a better way to do it? > > No no no, that would be bad. You do not want kwm, kfm, kpanel, and all > that other stuff to be running when kdm is up. You want those things > to run AFTER the person gives a valid login/passwd combo to KDM. Having > all those things running along with kdm would be a lot like having an > xterm up on your xdm screen. What's the point in having the login screen > there when there's already a root shell up??? > > You should edit /etc/X11/window-manages and put startkde alone on the > first line. The first line of that file is the default window manager. > Of course, we know that startkde isn't a window manager, but it will run > the window manager, and everything is good. > Okay, I see your point on this one. I'm still trying to figure out what to start when. I reread the help files that I do have for KDE and they say the following: * kdm is a "drop-in" replacement for xdm. It mentions renaming the current xdm and linking kdm to xdm instead of messing with inittab. * it says to add kdedesktop to my Xsetup_0 file - but I don't have a clue why or what this does. So, I'm still clueless on how this all works. If anyone has KDE running (from the binaries), would they mind running through their scripts and config files and letting me know what to set where? TIA -Jay
