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Re: XDMCP broke




Andrew DeFaria wrote:
Harold L Hunt II wrote:

Andrew,

Sounds like a problem with your kdmrc file. Try commenting out the [Desktop0] section, or creating a backup of the original file and removing it from kdmrc.


I tried deleting the [Desktop0] line to no avail. Also, this still works at my job where I have, again, and XP box and a Linux box running Mandrake 9.1. In comparing the kdmrc files I see that the first line is [Desktop0] both at home and at work. Don't understand why it works at work and complains at home.


Not just the line... the whole section until the next [section] label.


You will then have to restart kdm. I believe you can do that on Mandrake with (as root): 'service xdm restart' or perhaps 'service kdm restart'.


Actually I found that what get's run is mdkkdm and have killed it and restarted it, again, to no avail.


That doesn't actually work as you might think. kdm is started by a script that spawns a new kdm each time a user connects. You might have now moved your system into a sort of inconsistent state. I recommend restarting.


Of course, you can always do 'init 3' followed by an 'init 5' about a minute later. Or, you can reboot.


I've even downloaded my working kdmrc file from work to no avail. I don't think I tried rebooting yet. Note that the differences between my home kdmrc and my work kdmrc seems to be minor and trivial - thinks like users shown on the login screen and who can reboot.

The README states:

The configuration files in this directory were automatically generated.
As the used algorithms are pretty dumb, the configuration may be broken.
This configuration consists of the following files:
- /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
- /usr/share/config/kdm/Xservers
- /usr/share/config/kdm/Xaccess
- /usr/share/config/kdm/Xwilling
- /usr/share/config/kdm/Xresources
- /usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup
- /usr/share/config/kdm/Xstartup
- /usr/share/config/kdm/Xreset
- /usr/share/config/kdm/Xsession
- /usr/share/config/kdm/backgroundrc
This configuration was derived from the following files:
- /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
- /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
- /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess
- /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources
Have a look at the program <kdebase-sources>/kdm/kfrontend/genkdmconf
if you want to generate another configuration.

Kinda odd that /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc is generated from the same file! Also I don't have <kdebase-sources> with which to generate another configuration!


<kdebase-sources> isn't a program, it is the base of your path to KDE-Base programs. Thus, it could be /usr/bin/kdm/kfrontend/genkdmconf or /opt/kd3/bin/kdm/kfrontend/genkdmconf.


Have another look around for the file.

Harold


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