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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] opensuse packaging oddity for kdm?
From:       ianseeks <ianseeks () dsl ! pipex ! com>
Date:       2013-04-04 13:30:57
Message-ID: 4118994.MYdfaVtmrB () linux-1b0m ! site
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On Thursday 04 Apr 2013 09:21:54 Anton Aylward wrote:
> ianseeks said the following on 04/04/2013 08:25 AM:
> > I noticed this error (seems harmless):-
> > 2013-04-04T09:10:42.246356+01:00 linux-1b0m kdm_greet[2272]: Cannot load
> > /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
> 
> HA!
> I don't get that error.
> 
> The greeter has the ability to display a face as part of the visual
> login.  There's just me at this workstation so it looks in
> /home/anton/.face and finds a small jpeg.  This is a 'real' face so
> there is no need to go look for the default.

I agree with you but the file should still exist if its not referenced.  Its 
like the .skel folder with spurious config files in it like "mutt".  It's just 
fine tuning of the base system that adds to the professionalism of the distro  

> In /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc there is a section about where to
> find the face images.  My 12.2 system says
> 
> <quote>
>   # Specify, where the users' pictures should be taken from.
>   # "AdminOnly" - from <FaceDir>/$USER.face[.icon]
>   # "PreferAdmin" - prefer <FaceDir>, fallback on $HOME
>   # "PreferUser" - ... and the other way round
>   # "UserOnly" - from the user's $HOME/.face[.icon]
>   # Default is AdminOnly
>   # FaceSource=AdminOnly
>   FaceSource=PreferUser
>   # The directory containing the user images if FaceSource is not UserOnly.
>   # Default is "/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces"
>   #FaceDir=/usr/share/faces
> </quote>
> 
> > Apart form the above, where came i find errors displayed on a text screen
> > that get displayed between grub and kdm?  I think i can see the word
> > "deprecated" in teh text but i'm not sure.
> 
> Have you tried grepping (recursively) all of /var/log?
> Not that it would help with a systemd implementation :-)
aha, i'm on 12.3 so i think systemd is being used
> 
> All that happens between grub and the kernel as the 'boot messages'
> which are hidden by the splash screen.  I disable that and see them, but
> yes they scroll by fast.
> 
> See systemd-journalctl for other stuff.
i'll try that

thanks
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