Version: (using KDE 4.0.4) Installed from: Fedora RPMs when changing the login manager behaviour from System Settings -> Login manager (as root). the changes never save, or it is not possible to remove the history from the login manager. the login manager always shows a few users that have recently logged in. is should be able to disable this type of history for security reasons.
"or" is most useless. please find out if other settings are saved. also, you did not say which setting you expect to change the behavior - you seem to be guessing, but don't say what.
let me know exactly which files contains the settings for the login manager. when i know i will be able to check if it is written and what's in it.
you *could* read the doc, you know ... $prefix/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
well, it's not always easy to know the first time. any way. the content of /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc looks like the below, userList is disabled but i can still see users whenever i log in. are there any other files i should look into? [General] ConfigVersion=2.3 ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6 PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3 ServerVTs=-7 StaticServers=:0 [Shutdown] BootManager=None HaltCmd=/sbin/poweroff RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot [X-*-Core] AllowShutdown=Root AutoReLogin=false ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%d Resources=/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources Session=/etc/kde/kdm/Xsession SessionsDirs=/usr/share/xsessions,/usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions,/etc/X11/dm/sessions Setup=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 [X-*-Greeter] AntiAliasing=true BackgroundCfg=/etc/kde/kdm/backgroundrc ColorScheme=Norway EchoPasswd=true FaceSource=PreferUser FailFont=Abyssinica SIL,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 FocusPasswd=true ForgingSeed=1108476160 GUIStyle=Oxygen GreetFont=Abyssinica SIL,16,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 GreetString=Fedora 9 (Sulphur) GreeterPos=50,50 HiddenUsers=root Language=en_US LogoArea=Logo LogoPixmap=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png MaxShowUID=65530 MinShowUID=500 SelectedUsers= ShowUsers=NotHidden SortUsers=true StdFont=Abyssinica SIL,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 Theme=/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/FedoraWaves UseBackground=true UseTheme=false UserCompletion=false UserList=false [X-:*-Core] AllowShutdown=All NoPassEnable=false NoPassUsers= ServerArgsLocal=-br -nolisten tcp ServerTimeout=30 TerminateServer=true [X-:*-Greeter] DefaultUser= FocusPasswd=true LoginMode=DefaultLocal PreselectUser=None [X-:0-Core] AutoLoginEnable=false AutoLoginLocked=false AutoLoginUser= [Xdmcp] Enable=false Willing=/etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling Xaccess=/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess
your config does indeed disable everything related. given that you are using a packaged kdm, that config might not be actually authoritative - some distributors play weird tricks. check kdm's command line with ps x. you might also be hit by a bug in a distributor-specific patch.
no followup => closing