Bug 74473 - kdm ignores certain valid session entries
Summary: kdm ignores certain valid session entries
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kdm
Classification: Miscellaneous
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdm bugs tracker
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Reported: 2004-02-07 16:49 UTC by Mathias Homann
Modified: 2008-05-19 17:30 UTC (History)
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Description Mathias Homann 2004-02-07 16:49:22 UTC 
Version:           Unbekannt (using KDE 3.2.0, SuSE)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.21-166-default

lemmy@gildor:~> sudo grep SessionTypes /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
# interpret the session argument (see SessionTypes) and start an appropriate
SessionTypes=kde,windowmaker,fvwm2,XFce4,twm,failsafe


all of those are valid, but XFCE4 doesnt show up in kdm.

lemmy@gildor:~> file `which fvwm2`
/usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2: symbolic link to `fvwm'
lemmy@gildor:~> file `which windowmaker`
/usr/X11R6/bin/windowmaker: Bourne-Again shell script text
lemmy@gildor:~> file `which XFce4`
/usr/X11R6/bin/XFce4: symbolic link to `/usr/bin/startxfce4'
lemmy@gildor:~> file `which twm`
/usr/X11R6/bin/twm: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped


All sessiontypes are valid, but XFce4 doesnt show up. Id did in KDE 3.1.x, though.
Comment 1 Mathias Homann 2004-02-07 16:49:59 UTC 
btw /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc is a softlink to /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
Comment 2 Oswald Buddenhagen 2004-02-07 17:43:59 UTC 
the SessionTypes option does not exist in kde 3.2 any more; check the .desktop files in the directories specified by the SessionsDirs option.
apart from that, see Bug #72539.