Hi I am running Suse 9.3 on two machines, and the login, seemingly at random changes to xdm. I have tried editing the etc/sysconfig/displaymanager to kdm but about every 4th boot it changes back I have come across reference to it here http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lofiversion/index.php/t14756.html but I do not use Nvidia cards Any ideas would be appreciated Regards Nick Daniels
I've not used SuSE for quite some time now, but isn't there an option within YaST that enables you to set the login manager? If so, have you tried using that? Perhaps YaST is somehow overwriting the manual settings?
Regards,
Martyn
Nick Daniels wrote:
Hi I am running Suse 9.3 on two machines, and the login, seemingly at random changes to xdm. I have tried editing the etc/sysconfig/displaymanager to kdm but about every 4th boot it changes back I have come across reference to it here http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lofiversion/index.php/t14756.html but I do not use Nvidia cards Any ideas would be appreciated Regards Nick Daniels
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On Monday 23 May 2005 09:25, Martyn Drake wrote:
I've not used SuSE for quite some time now, but isn't there an option within YaST that enables you to set the login manager? If so, have you tried using that? Perhaps YaST is somehow overwriting the manual settings?
Regards,
Martyn
Nick Daniels wrote:
Hi I am running Suse 9.3 on two machines, and the login, seemingly at random changes to xdm. I have tried editing the etc/sysconfig/displaymanager to kdm but about every 4th boot it changes back I have come across reference to it here http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lofiversion/index.php/t14756.html but I do not use Nvidia cards Any ideas would be appreciated
Hi Martyn Many thanks , I think you are correct Yast (or something) is overwriting the settings of the login manger. I have set login manger. Looking at the link above some posters seem to be blaming the Nvidia driver, but I have ATI cards. It only has happened, as yet, after a YOU update. You are presented with a grey login screen, and a non working console in lower corner, and nothing happens after login I see from forum: "Apparently its a YOU bug the resets /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager to "xdm" rather then "kdm" " and also a theory on resolution settings. I have changed resolution and, as yet no failure after 5 deliberate reboots I will make and send copies of Suse 9.3 if I can find someone to make copy of dual-layer DVD, failing that I will copy all 5 CD'S Regards Nick Daniels
Hi Martyn Many thanks , I think you are correct Yast (or something) is overwriting the settings of the login manger. I have set login manger. Looking at the link above some posters seem to be blaming the Nvidia driver, but I have ATI cards. It only has happened, as yet, after a YOU update. You are presented with a grey login screen, and a non working console in lower corner, and nothing happens after login I see from forum: "Apparently its a YOU bug the resets /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager to "xdm" rather then "kdm" " and also a theory on resolution settings. I have changed resolution and, as yet no failure after 5 deliberate reboots I will make and send copies of Suse 9.3 if I can find someone to make copy of dual-layer DVD, failing that I will copy all 5 CD'S Regards Nick Daniels
Hi Have now found this: Display manager If the video driver fails to load properly, for some reason SuSE changes the displaymanager to xdm instead of the default of kdm. To change it back, edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and change DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm” to DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm". http://dan.hersam.com/archives/2005/05/13/suse-93-configuration So it does seem to be a resolution problem? Many thanks Nick Daniels
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