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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] configuring kdm
From:       Ohad Lutzky <tactless () gamebox ! net>
Date:       2002-10-28 13:11:40
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On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 12:46:48PM -0800, Bryce wrote:
> On Sunday 27 October 2002 01:31 pm, Collins wrote:
> I've looked into changing things in kdm for a while now. And i can't 
> offer you much, but you'll find a little bit of help in( in gentoo 
> anyway) /usr/kde/3/share/config/kdm. In that directory you'll see a 
> README file, and in it, the file (very) breifly states what files it 
> uses to create the kdm stuff. Hopefully that will point you in the 
> right direction. If you find anything out, let me know.
> 
> bryce
> 
> > On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 16:27:21 -0400 gabriel
> >
> > <the.angel.gabriel@rogers.com> wrote:
> > > i want to start my computer and boot directly to kdm so as to
> > > bypass the text-login (my girlfriend is not a techie-type), but i
> > > want to retain the ability to go back to the console by just
> > > logging into kdm and specifying "console" instead of "kde-3.0.4". 
> > > just putting "console" as on of the options in kde's "login
> > > manager" doesn't seem to have an effect (just sends me into X with
> > > an xterm).  is there a conf file i should be editing?
> > >
> > > my intent is to be able to do processor-intensive things without X
> > > running so i'd have to be able to shut off everything, not just
> > > load console with kdm running in the background.
> > >
> > > so are there suggestions?
> >
> > I inquired about this several months ago, and the answers were: no
> > way.  The best you can do is (tel)init 1 from root console.  After
> > you're done, you could try (tel)init 3 to go back to graphical mode.
> > The last time I tried this, (tel)init 3 didn't really work, so you
> > may have to open a bugzilla for this.

Well, what I do is shut down X using /etc/init.d/xdm stop when I do
processor-intensive things. Perhaps you could create a session that
executes that command, and use root to log in?

-- 
Tactless
AKA Ohad Lutzky
http://tactless.cjb.net
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