changing LDM to GDM

[Nadav Kavalerchik]

ldm did not let me login
i used wireshark to see what was happening and i guess it was trying
to authenticate the user with ssh and i could not successed :-(

i changed SCREEN_07=xdmcp in lts.conf and i got my old KDM
as set by /etc/sysconfig/desktop

now, it works fine :-)

kde 4.1 (kdm)

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com> wrote:

> Bond, Darryl wrote:
>
>> Edit /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf and change SCREEN_07 to
>>>
>> ">xdmcp".  This changes what the client does during boot.
>>
>> I didn't think that this allowed the local drives to work if you didn't
>> use LDM. I had better test that assertion.
>>
>>
> I believe you are correct.
>
>
>>     * LDM does not allow you to save a default (KDE, etc)
>>>>
>>>>
>>  This should be configurable with /etc/sysconfig/desktop but it does seem
>>> to be broken at the moment.  (Strangely, I can't even get it to work
>>> with GDM either.  The option itself might have broke.)
>>>
>>
>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop only configures which login manager you recieve
>> when you use xdmcp. LDM must just use the last selected desktop??
>>
>
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/ch-sysconfig.html
> At least in the past there were two options in /etc/sysconfig/desktop. One
> set the display manager and the other was the default desktop.  The other
> option seems to no longer work for GDM.
>
> Warren Togami
> wtogami at redhat.com
>
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