[Kde-kiosk] how to force users to log into KDE (modify KDM menu)

[Mr Wiggles]

I thought KDE was the window manager and KDM or XDM was just what
loaded the window manager and that kiosk was an app that loaded in KDE
(and thus you could use whatever you wanted to LOAD KDE as long as it
loaded KDE).  Because I am using XDM but once I enter my username and
password it loads KDE just like it did under KDM, or when using KDM
and switching to a failsafe or some other type of session.

The only reason I am using XDM is because someone on the novell suse
forums suggested switching to that to avoid giving users the session
type menu.

I mean if anyone can provide me with a method for forcing users to log
in to a kiosk session in KDE then im all for it, XDM KDM or SJ2eDM.






On 6/21/05, Martijn Klingens <klingens at kde.org> wrote:
> Mr Wiggles said:
> > so how could I get kiosk to work in XDM?
> 
> You can't. Kiosk is a specific technology of the KDE libraries. In theory
> it is possible for other applications to use a compatible configuration
> system, at the moment there are no non-KDE applications that support this.
> 
> > I am guessing I am looking for an XDM config file that specifies the
> > session type it loads when you log in and I need to change that to say
> > startkde?
> 
> AFAIK there is no such config file in XDM, it just starts the XSession or
> xinit script. Or so I remember, it's a long time since I last used XDM...
> 
> Anyway, if you really want to use XDM for whatever reason you'll need to
> change the appropriate script to always load KDE.
> 
> --
> Martijn
> 
>