SDB:Change Behavior of KDE Login Manager (KDM)

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Version: 9.3

Symptom

You are missing the feature whereby you click on a user picture in KDE login manager (KDM) to log in to your SUSE LINUX Professional 9.3.

Solution

Edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager as user root and change the entry

DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="SUSE"

to

DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME=""

To accomplish this, you have two options:

1. Use YaST2 sysconfig editor:
   • Start YaST2
   • Go to 'System' -> '/etc/sysconfig Editor'
   • Open: 'Desktop' -> 'Display manager' -> 'DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME'
   • Delete SUSE
   • Click on finish

1. With an editor of your choice. You do not need to start a graphical session as root, just follow these few steps:
   • Press ALT+F2 -> type konsole -> and press run
   • Type su - and press Enter
   • Enter the password for the user root (please note: no * or other signs will be displayed)
   • Open the file /etc/sysconfig with your favorite editor (for more information please have a look at SDB:ASCII Editors
   • Change DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="SUSE" to DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME=""
   • After you have made these changes, save the file, exit the editor and run the commandSuSEconfig --module kdm3

To complete all changes, please log out of your current session. The next time KDM starts, you will be able to log in using the user pictures again.