Continuing problem (not) running kde3 from kdm

[James Richard Tyrer]

Steve King wrote:
>>>If I log on through kdm, instead of getting the desktop I get what I
>>>think is an xterm window. 
> 
> 
>>This is a common problem apparently caused by a misunderstanding of what 
>>happens after you login in the KDM GUI login dialog.
>>
>>What happens, and absolutely all that happens, is that an: "Xsession" 
>>script is called.  It is called just as if you called it with a command:
>>
>>        Xsession <session type>
>>
>>where "<session type>" is the *exact* string that you selected in the 
>>dialog list box: "Session type".  KDM does not call: "~/.xsession" and 
>>using an: "~/.xsession" script is *NOT* the proper way to specify your 
>>desktop with KDM.
>>
>>So, the problem is that your: "Xsession" script is running (otherwise you 
>>wouldn't get any X session at all) but it is failing to execute: "startkde".
> 
> 
> I have 2 Xsession files:
> 
> /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
> /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/Xsession
> 
> If when I am in that xterm(?) window, I type Xsession, then I get file not 
> found. If type the full path then sure enough up comes KDE. This happens 
> without me passing an argument to it. The 2 scripts seem to do something 
> slightly differently because the background behaves slightly differently just 
> before my desktop shows up. 
> 
> Have I maybe got something missing that tells kdm where to find Xsession? 
> Remember that if my chooser is xdm, then KDE comes up OK; I imagine that is 
> running the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession? But who knows...
> 
> By the way, the "xterm" window is always named after the session I chose in 
> kdm, eg "kde3", "/opt/kde3/bin/startkde", or whatever, so that parameter is 
> getting picked up by kdm in some way.

There should be a line in your: "$KDEDIR/share/config/kdm/kdmrc" file:

	[X-*-Core]

	Session=/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/Xsession

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JRT
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