Login Managers and Greeting Screens

[Allblack]

I am using Redhat 9

[Dolda2000]

In that case, kdm should be run automatically by init when you're in runlevel 5.
In runlevel 3, try running "/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon" and see what happens.

[Allblack]

No luck,

I switched to runlevel 3 and issued the /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon command.
I believe it returned no such file or directory

When I issued /usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon it went into graphical mode and the KDM screen appears just the way I want it.

It does not work when I reboot. I cannot add it to runlevel 5 either

cheers

[Dolda2000]

Can you check the exact error from prefdm?

[Allblack]

????
I did not get an error . It just works (/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon)
However, I still cannot get the kdm login screen to go automatically in level

[Dolda2000]

How do you mean that it works? Does the display manager start when you run prefdm? In that case, please check your inittab so that it starts prefdm in runlevel 5. It should have a line that looks something like this:

x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

[Allblack]

the default display manager appears all the time but I want the kdm one to appear. When I go into runlevel 3 and type /etc/X11/kdm -nodaemon
I go back in to runlevel 5 and the KDM screen appear. I would like KDM to appear every time instead of prefdm (which is the default one the way I understand)

I cannot add kdm through services or chkconfig.

I hope this make sense

[Dolda2000]

Ah, then I get you! I didn't think anyone appeared.
Actually, prefdm stands for preferred display manager, and starts the one that you have selected. Run this:

echo "DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE" >/etc/sysconfig/desktop

Then switch to runlevel 3 and back again to 5 to restart it.

[Allblack]

Thanks Dolda, you are a champ!

This works fine. Do you always have to add this entry manually to make it work? Or is the GUI for Login screen suppose to take care of this?

Cheers

[Dolda2000]

There is something for it, I think it's called switchdesk or so, but I've never used it.