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This is the K Display Manager (TDM) for KDE 3.4,
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the KDE replacement for the X Display Manager (XDM).
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Semi-official home page: http://devel-home.kde.org/~ossi/sw/tdm.html
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This is the Trinity Display Manager (TDM),
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the TDE replacement for the X Display Manager (XDM).
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configure options that affect TDM
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--with-pam[=service]
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Compile TDM (and other parts of tdebase) with PAM support. The default
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service is "kde". PAM is automatically used if found.
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service is "tde". PAM is automatically used if found.
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--with-tdm-pam=service
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Override the PAM service used specifically by TDM. Depends on --with-pam.
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@ -32,7 +29,7 @@ configure options that affect TDM
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Compile TDM with Kerberos 5 resp. secure RPC support for X authorization
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cookies. It's pretty pointless to enable this if you don't use an X server
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that supports it.
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If you want user authentication against a Kerberos realm, compile TDM with
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PAM support and use the appropriate module.
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@ -47,16 +44,16 @@ configure options that affect TDM
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TDM's file system layout
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${kde_confdir} is usually ${prefix}/share/config
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${kde_datadir} is usually ${prefix}/share/apps
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${tde_confdir} is usually ${prefix}/share/config
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${tde_datadir} is usually ${prefix}/share/apps
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The indented locations are envisioned for a configuration shared with GDM.
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${kde_confdir}/tdm/{tdmrc,Xservers,Xaccess,Xwilling,...}
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${kde_datadir}/tdm/sessions/*.desktop
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${tde_confdir}/tdm/{tdmrc,Xservers,Xaccess,Xwilling,...}
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${tde_datadir}/tdm/sessions/*.desktop
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/etc/X11/sessions/,/usr/share/xsessions/
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${kde_datadir}/tdm/pics/users/
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${kde_datadir}/tdm/pics/
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${kde_datadir}/tdm/faces/*.face{,.icon}
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${tde_datadir}/tdm/pics/users/
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${tde_datadir}/tdm/pics/
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${tde_datadir}/tdm/faces/*.face{,.icon}
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/usr/share/faces/
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/var/run/xauth/A*
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/var/run/xdmctl/xdmctl*
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@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ $HOME/.dmrc
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How to setup TDM
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TDM's config files are all located in ${kde_confdir}/tdm.
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TDM's config files are all located in ${tde_confdir}/tdm.
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"make install" will create a probably working configuration, either by
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deriving it from an already present TDM/XDM installation or by using
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defaults if no previous installation is found.
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Configuring session types
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The way session types are configured changed drastically in KDE 3.2.
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Session types are now represented by .desktop files in appropriate locations.
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The format of the .desktop files is (not yet) defined in the FreeDesktop.org
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desktop entry spec. Differences to "standard" .desktop files are:
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For every magic Exec constant a session type of the same name exists.
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Unless your system is configured differently already, you should create a
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directory ${kde_confdir}/tdm/sessions and add this to tdmrc:
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directory ${tde_confdir}/tdm/sessions and add this to tdmrc:
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[X-*-Core]
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SessionsDirs=${kde_confdir}/tdm/sessions,${kde_datadir}/tdm/sessions
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SessionsDirs=${tde_confdir}/tdm/sessions,${tde_datadir}/tdm/sessions
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(Note that you must use actual paths instead of variables, see the section
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about TDM's file system layout.)
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Do any changes only in the config directory - any changes in the data
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directory will be lost after the next KDE update.
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directory will be lost after the next TDE update.
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To override a session type, copy the .desktop file from the data dir to the
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config dir and edit it at will. Removing the shipped session types can be
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@ -135,9 +131,9 @@ modifying the XDM init script shipped by your distribution.
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Replace it with:
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x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/tdm
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x:5:respawn:/opt/trinity/bin/tdm
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This tells init(8) to respawn TDM, the KDE display manager, when
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This tells init(8) to respawn TDM, the TDE display manager, when
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the system is in run level 5.
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Note that TDM does not need the -nodaemon option.
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@ -154,7 +150,7 @@ modifying the XDM init script shipped by your distribution.
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If you do the latter step, then every time your system boots
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successfully it will go into run level 5 and run TDM,
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presenting you the exceedingly cute KDE login screen.
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presenting you the exceedingly cute TDE login screen.
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The command sockets
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@ -300,7 +296,7 @@ Commands for all sockets:
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- Numeric user ID of the requesting user, -1 for the global socket.
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- The next boot OS choice or "-" for none.
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- New fields might be added later.
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There are two ways of using the sockets:
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- Connecting them directly. FifoDir is exported as $DM_CONTROL; the name
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of per-display sockets can be derived from $DISPLAY.
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@ -448,7 +444,7 @@ BasysKom for sponsoring my (ossi's) work on the conversation plugin stuff.
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... and _many_ others ...
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--
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--
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Have fun with it (and feel free to comment),
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Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
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Darrell Anderson
12 years ago