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

jdow jdow at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 10 04:45:30 UTC 2014


On 2014/03/09 21:29, Ed Greshko wrote:
> 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

Ed, doesn't that look like the parameter is commented out to you? It does to
me. Remove the hash symbol from in front of the GreeterScreen line.

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