Configuring KDM instead of LightDM

[Sylvia Sánchez]

Hello all!

I've installed the LXDE spin.  But now I want to use KDM
instead LightDM, because I find it more configurable.  The thing is that
I've installed KDM but I can't find with what tool I will set it
properly.  In previous versions, it was with  System Settings, but now I
can't find it to install it and can't figure out what to do.

Somebody would help me?  How I configure KDM?  How can I use it instead
of LightDM?

Thanks to all very much,
Lailah

[Frédéric Bron]

>         I've installed the LXDE spin.  But now I want to use KDM instead
>
> LightDM, because I find it more configurable.  The thing is that I've
> installed KDM but I can't find with what tool I will set it properly.  In
> previous versions, it was with  System Settings, but now I can't find it to
> install it and can't figure out what to do.
>
> Somebody would help me?  How I configure KDM?  How can I use it instead of
> LightDM?

you have to install system-switch-displaymanager
$ sudo yum install system-switch-displaymanager
then
$ sudo system-switch-displaymanager kdm

Frédéric

[Rex Dieter]

Lailah wrote:
> Hello all!
>         I've installed the LXDE spin.  But now I want to use KDM
>
> instead LightDM, because I find it more configurable.  The thing is that
> I've installed KDM but I can't find with what tool I will set it
> properly.  In previous versions, it was with  System Settings, but now I
> can't find it to install it and can't figure out what to do.
>
> Somebody would help me?  How I configure KDM?  How can I use it instead
> of LightDM?

Manual configuration => /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc
GUI:  kcmshell4 kdm

(may need to install kde-runtime to use kcmshell4)

-- rex

[Tom Horsley]

On Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:37:01 -0200
Lailah wrote:
> How can I use it instead
> of LightDM?

F18 uses systemd to start the login screen now instead
of the old prefdm code. Switching from GDM to KDM for
me was via:

systemctl disable gdm.service
systemctl enable kdm.service

So something like that will probably do the same for you
(but I don't know the exact name of the service to disable
for LightDM).

systemctl --full list-unit-files | grep enabled

would probably give you a clue.

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Sat, 2 Feb 2013 21:41:21 +0100 Frédéric Bron 
wrote:
> >         I've installed the LXDE spin.  But now I want to use KDM instead
> >
> > LightDM, because I find it more configurable.  The thing is that I've
> > installed KDM but I can't find with what tool I will set it properly.  In
> > previous versions, it was with  System Settings, but now I can't find it to
> > install it and can't figure out what to do.
> >
> > Somebody would help me?  How I configure KDM?  How can I use it instead of
> > LightDM?
>
> you have to install system-switch-displaymanager
> $ sudo yum install system-switch-displaymanager
> then
> $ sudo system-switch-displaymanager kdm

How does one switch the display manager to slim (in F18)? slim is
apparently not supported yet using the above.

Ranjan

[Sylvia Sánchez]

El sáb, 02-02-2013 a las 21:41 +0100, Frédéric Bron escribió:
> >         I've installed the LXDE spin.  But now I want to use KDM instead
> >
> > LightDM, because I find it more configurable.  The thing is that I've
> > installed KDM but I can't find with what tool I will set it properly.  In
> > previous versions, it was with  System Settings, but now I can't find it to
> > install it and can't figure out what to do.
> >
> > Somebody would help me?  How I configure KDM?  How can I use it instead of
> > LightDM?
>
> you have to install system-switch-displaymanager
> $ sudo yum install system-switch-displaymanager
> then
> $ sudo system-switch-displaymanager kdm
>
> Frédéric

HI!

Thank you very much!  That did the trick!

Cheers,
Lailah