[kde-linux] intel 945GM+current xorg git: display garbled w. KDM themed login screen

[Rod Butcher]

On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 00:52 +0200, Jens Stroebel wrote:
> Rod Butcher wrote:
> >> Said image data is obviously from the session that was last terminated
> >> which gets "shuffled" with the background of the themed login screen.
> >> Attempts to capture a screenshot have failed, unfortunately.
> 
> > I have the same situation with recent xorg and kdm 3.5.7 - the login
> > screen is garbled and I can't log in, I have to use xdm instead. 
> 
> Just to repeat, in case you missed it in my first post:
> You can disable theming in kdm (edit $KDE_CONF_DIR/kdm/kdmrc, set
> UseTheme from "true" to "false"), after which kdm behaves in a way like
> xdm (starts a greeter, uses simpler routines to draw background).
> Then you can still benefit of the advantages kdm offers over xdm; you'll
> loose some eye-candy, though ;-)
Thanks, what a great list and people ! I had tried previously to disable
the thme using the control panel with no luck. Now I know where the
secret hidden file is.
thanks
Rod
> 
> 
> 		greets,
> 		   jens
>