TITLE:          How to login into a WM using KDM
LFS VERSION:    any
KDE VERSION:	2.2(.2)
AUTHORS:	Remy Bosch <remy.bosch@hccnet.nl>

SYNOPSIS:
        How to successfully login into a WM using KDM


HINT:

 If we want to tell kdm what to start, we choose our favorite WM and klik
 on [Go!]. The problem is that you might get a standard WM from XFree86.
 Also the chosen background for kdm does not apear with some people
 (like me).

 Let's fix it.
 First we go to /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc (if kde was installed in
 /opt/kde just look at the prefix during installation).
 There we change /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/ into /etc/X11/xdm/ . This way we
 control kdm in looking at the right files...

 Next we change the files used by kdm...
 
 Xsession, Xsetup_0, 


XSESSION

 We can have the following in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession

-----begin-snip-----
# Begin /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
#!/bin/sh

# First get all options...
source /etc/profile

# redirect errors to a file in user's home directory if we can...
for errfile in "$HOME/.xsession-errors" "${TMPDIR-/tmp}/xses-$USER"
"/tmp/xses-$USER"
do
        if ( cp /dev/null "$errfile" 2> /dev/null )
        then
                chmod 600 "$errfile"
                exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
                break
        fi
done

# This is for the options. Feel free to add/change ;-)
case $# in
1)
        case $1 in
        kde)
                exec startkde
                ;;
        wmaker)
                exec wmaker
                ;;
        failsafe)
                exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0
                ;;
        esac
esac

# End /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
-----end-snip-----


XSETUP_0

 Because kdmdesktop is not automagicaly started by kdm, we help it an
 hand with /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0

 This is what I got...

-----begin-snip-----
# Begin /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0

# First the background :-P
/opt/kde/bin/kdmdesktop

# Then the console for occasional errors...
xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify \
-verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail

# End /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
-----end-snip-----


XACCESS

 If you want to log in from an other computer (Remote X), you can add a IP
 number or hostname that is allowed to use remote X in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess.
 If someone can say how to get a nice root-image like the local login,
 please tell!!


IF ALL IS WELL...

 When everything works as it should, you can started automaticly. This
 can be done by a script from /etc/init.d or we add a line in
 /etc/inittab.
 IMHO I don't care much about what runlevel should(not) be used. Though
 people say it should be runlevel "5".
 So the line to be added would be like:

 -----------
  x:5:respawn:/where/kdm/is/kdm -nodaemon
 -----------

 This way you won't get the annoying line like; "respawning too fast" ;-)


REMOTE CLIENT

 To get the wanted loginscreen just run :

   X -query 192.168.99.2 &> /dev/null &

 This way X is started and files one request for a loginscreen.
 And presto! There is your server-power on a small PC ;-)


REQUESTS

 If someone can say how to get a nice root-image like the local login,
 please tell!!!


HAVE FUN !!!

 This should do the trick. Have fun!