kdm & gdm problems (?)

[David J Patrick]

Fraser Campbell wrote:

>On Sunday 11 April 2004 14:54, David J Patrick wrote:
>
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>>Well maybe kde3.2 can figure it out, I thought, so "apt-get install kde"
>>! The update process was huge and successfull (no errors) but now when I
>>attempt to log into a kde session I get the same fat nuthin' as gnome.
>>Helooo icewm.
>>What am I doing wrong ?
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>I haven't looked through the startup in huge detail so there might be a better 
>way but this seems to work for me:
>
>Want GNOME?
>
>  echo /usr/bin/gnome-session > ~/.xsession
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>Want KDE?
>
>  echo /usr/bin/startkde > ~/.xsession
>
>There's also a file ~/.dmrc which is where kdm (and presumably other display 
>managers) track your choice of Session.  My .dmrc looks like this:
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>
Well here's the thing; I've got no ~/.xsession nor ~./dmrc !
Should I just create them ?
I feel inadequate ! short changed !
I rooted around /etc/ too, with no luck.
Did I mention I'm using debian ? (I asumed reference to apt-this&that 
would be enough of a clue)

>[Desktop]
>Session=kde
>
>Presumably you can set Session=gnome in there if you like.  I've seen the 
>blank screen syndrome as well (I'm guessing that's what you see?)
>

What I see is this;
the kdm log-in dialog (and it's background) with a selection of user 
buttons and input widgets for username, password, as well as dropdowns 
for session, menu and .. another thing I can't remember. None of it 
leads to deeper session options. On selection of either a gnome or kde 
session, the dialog goes away (leaving the purty debian background) and 
that's it. I have to ctrl-alt-f2 and kill gconf via "top".
Don't get me wrong, icewm is workable, but man I should be able to get 
the new kde and gnome to run.
thanks for your help,
djp

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