How do I select which monitor kdm will display login on?

Ed Greshko ed.greshko at greshko.com
Mon Mar 10 04:29:08 UTC 2014


On 03/10/14 12:14, Robin Laing wrote:
> On 2014-03-09 06:00, Dave Ulrick wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 Mar 2014, Robin Laing wrote:
>>
>>> I have a dual monitor, well, one monitor and one projector that I have
>>> configured for presentations.  System is using F20.
>>>
>>> Presently when I start the computer, kdm's login prompt is on the
>>> projector  instead of the monitor.  There are no settings in the
>>> system settings configuration to select the monitor.
>>>
>>> The monitor order is selected for ease of use while doing the
>>> presentations.  When dragging applications to the presentation, you
>>> drag towards the projector screen.
>>>
>>> Even with the projector powered off, the kdm screen is on the projector.
>>
>> Have you tried 'GreeterScreen' in /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc? When I was using a
>> dual screen arrangement with the 'first' screen being a HDTV in a
>> separate room, I used 'GreeterScreen=-1' to force the KDM login prompt
>> to the PC monitor. I suggest playing around with GreeterScreen values
>> such as -1, 0, and 1 until you find the right one.
>>
>> Dave
>
> The kdmrc doesn't have a GreeterScreen in it.   I found the position option and tried to change different options with no success.

That is odd.....

[egreshko at localhost kdm]$ uname -r
3.12.8-200.fc19.x86_64
[egreshko at localhost kdm]$ pwd
/etc/kde/kdm
[egreshko at localhost kdm]$ grep GreeterScr kdmrc
#GreeterScreen=-1



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