Using kde svn with karmic kola

[David Boosalis-2]

I upgraded frm ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04. The upgrade was actually pain free but for one thing-  In my /etc/init.d directory I had two files kdm.svn and kdm.org.  Depending on how I wanted kde to boot up I would set a link to /etc/iniit.d/kdm. To boot kde.svn I would have: /etc/init.d/kdm -> /etc/init.d/kdm.svn. Now it seems the init.d structure of 8.10 is no longer used as 9.04 has a link like this, "/etc/init.d/kdm -> /lib/init/upstart-job. 

I would like to have two resource files as before and the ability to boot either kdm factory or kdm svn with a simple symbolic link change.  Can someone offer advise on how to do this under 9.04

Thanks in advance for any help.
David

 
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[Shaun Reich]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:22 PM, David Boosalis
<david.boosalis@...> wrote:

> I upgraded frm ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04. The upgrade was actually pain free but
> for one thing-  In my /etc/init.d directory I had two files kdm.svn and
> kdm.org.  Depending on how I wanted kde to boot up I would set a link to
> /etc/iniit.d/kdm. To boot kde.svn I would have: /etc/init.d/kdm ->
> /etc/init.d/kdm.svn. Now it seems the init.d structure of 8.10 is no longer
> used as 9.04 has a link like this, "/etc/init.d/kdm ->
> /lib/init/upstart-job.
>
> I would like to have two resource files as before and the ability to boot
> either kdm factory or kdm svn with a simple symbolic link change.  Can
> someone offer advise on how to do this under 9.04
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> David
>
>
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Why do you need a link? You can just edit the the file itself,
/etc/init.d/kdm, for example...it will point to the binary itself..
e.g. /usr/bin/kdm, you could change that to ~/...kdm.
I don't know, that's just the way I do it, since it's a quick change
either way, and doesn't modify much of a stock install..

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Shaun Reich
 
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[David Boosalis-2]

Changing a  link is easier then editing the file and changing multiple items

david@rudi:/etc/init.d$ diff kdm.org  kdm.svn
33c33
< HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER=true
---
> HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER=false
36,37c36,37
< PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
< DAEMON=/usr/bin/kdm
---
> PATH=/home/david/kde/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
> DAEMON=/home/david/kde/bin/kdm
42,43c42,43
< KDMRC=/etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc
< BACKGROUNDRC=/etc/kde4/kdm/backgroundrc
---
> KDMRC=/home/david/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
> BACKGROUNDRC=/home/david/kde/share/config/kdm/backgroundrc

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Shaun Reich <predator106@...> wrote:

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:22 PM, David Boosalis
<david.boosalis@...> wrote:
> I upgraded frm ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04. The upgrade was actually pain free but
> for one thing-  In my /etc/init.d directory I had two files kdm.svn and
> kdm.org.  Depending on how I wanted kde to boot up I would set a link to
> /etc/iniit.d/kdm. To boot kde.svn I would have: /etc/init.d/kdm ->
> /etc/init.d/kdm.svn. Now it seems the init.d structure of 8.10 is no longer
> used as 9.04 has a link like this, "/etc/init.d/kdm ->
> /lib/init/upstart-job.
>
> I would like to have two resource files as before and the ability to boot
> either kdm factory or kdm svn with a simple symbolic link change.  Can
> someone offer advise on how to do this under 9.04
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> David
>
>

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Why do you need a link? You can just edit the the file itself,
/etc/init.d/kdm, for example...it will point to the binary itself..
e.g. /usr/bin/kdm, you could change that to ~/...kdm.
I don't know, that's just the way I do it, since it's a quick change
either way, and doesn't modify much of a stock install..

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Shaun Reich

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