KDM4 default.desktop SUSE 11.1

[Michael Janczyk]

Hi,

I have a question regarding default.desktop. I don't know if it is
really supported, but if one placed a file called dafault.desktop
somewhere in the SessionsDir (/usr/share/xsessions) this Session is
chosen if no session selected otherwise. This workes for KDM with
versions 3.x and it works with KDM4 from Ubuntu 9.04. Somehow KDM4 from
SUSE 11.1 seems to ignore this. Since we work with many unexperienced
end users we use this option for a selector session in which a chooser
is started. So we force them to choose. Without this option we would
have to train all our users to use the sessions button which we really
do not want. We would appreciate any help. BTW: The default session is
displayed in the menu but not chosen :(.

Best Regards
        Michael
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[erich.klose]

Zitat von Michael Janczyk <mj0@...>:

> Hi,
>
> I have a question regarding default.desktop. I don't know if it is
> really supported, but if one placed a file called dafault.desktop
> somewhere in the SessionsDir (/usr/share/xsessions) this Session is
> chosen if no session selected otherwise. This workes for KDM with
> versions 3.x and it works with KDM4 from Ubuntu 9.04. Somehow KDM4 from
> SUSE 11.1 seems to ignore this. Since we work with many unexperienced
> end users we use this option for a selector session in which a chooser
> is started. So we force them to choose. Without this option we would
> have to train all our users to use the sessions button which we really
> do not want. We would appreciate any help. BTW: The default session is
> displayed in the menu but not chosen :(.
>
> Best Regards
> Michael

Hallo Michael!
As I know about suse the store it in /etc/sysconfig/....
But the easy way is use Yast.
You should go for System--Editor for /etc/sysconfig--Desktop.(I translate it to
english because I use german Desktop.)
Good luck and greetings Erich!


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Zitat von erich.klose@...:

> Zitat von Michael Janczyk <mj0@...>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a question regarding default.desktop. I don't know if it is
> > really supported, but if one placed a file called dafault.desktop
> > somewhere in the SessionsDir (/usr/share/xsessions) this Session is
> > chosen if no session selected otherwise. This workes for KDM with
> > versions 3.x and it works with KDM4 from Ubuntu 9.04. Somehow KDM4 from
> > SUSE 11.1 seems to ignore this. Since we work with many unexperienced
> > end users we use this option for a selector session in which a chooser
> > is started. So we force them to choose. Without this option we would
> > have to train all our users to use the sessions button which we really
> > do not want. We would appreciate any help. BTW: The default session is
> > displayed in the menu but not chosen :(.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Michael
>
> Hallo Michael!
> As I know about suse the store it in /etc/sysconfig/....
> But the easy way is use Yast.
> You should go for System--Editor for /etc/sysconfig--Desktop.(I translate it
> to
> english because I use german Desktop.)
> Good luck and greetings Erich!

Sorry, I forgot to tell you that if you run comand "systemsettings" you"ll find
an option for saveing a personal session for each user.
Greetings Erich

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[Michael Janczyk]

Hi Erich

Thanks for the answer. Because it's a few weeks ago the problem again:

erich.klose@... schrieb:
> Zitat von Michael Janczyk <mj0@...>:

>> I have a question regarding default.desktop. I don't know if it is
>> really supported, but if one placed a file called dafault.desktop
>> somewhere in the SessionsDir (/usr/share/xsessions) this Session is
>> chosen if no session selected otherwise. This workes for KDM with
>> versions 3.x and it works with KDM4 from Ubuntu 9.04. Somehow KDM4 from
>> SUSE 11.1 seems to ignore this. Since we work with many unexperienced
>> end users we use this option for a selector session in which a chooser
>> is started. So we force them to choose. Without this option we would
>> have to train all our users to use the sessions button which we really
>> do not want. We would appreciate any help. BTW: The default session is
>> displayed in the menu but not chosen :(.

> As I know about suse the store it in /etc/sysconfig/....
> But the easy way is use Yast.
> You should go for System--Editor for /etc/sysconfig--Desktop.(I translate it to
> english because I use german Desktop.)

I tested it local and it works the first time. When no session is
selected, it reads the default from sysconfig/windowmanager. If
/usr/share/xsessions/default.desktop exists it reads from that. The next
time this session is opened again besause is it marked (previous). If I
choose gnome or kde, it will be saved as (previous). If I delete
/home/$USER/.dmrc I can use the default session again ;).

Now to my Problem: We use NFSv4 mounts for HomeDirs. So KDM can't get
previous session from /home/$USER/.dmrc. But it gets a previous session
even if there doesn't exist one. When a previous session is selected the
default entry is omitted. So I need to get this version of KDM to not
use the previous session or to behave as all other versions which simply
do not select a previous session if they can't read in
/home/$USER/.dmrc. And where does it get the previous session anyway
(randomize, hash of $USER ;))? Feature or bug?

Best regards
        Michael
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