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mikshaw

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Posted: Oct. 27 2005,01:58

DSL has nothing associated with KDE or Qt, so i'd say that is your problem. If you want to use kdm, you should probably also install kde, which means you should probably install a different distro.
I don't mean to sound like an ass, but adding Qt/KDE apps to DSL is equivalent to eating one scoop of ice cream with a gallon of chocolate syrup on it.

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Posted: Oct. 27 2005,15:15

Quote (mikshaw @ Oct. 26 2005,21:58)

I don't think KDM is actually a KDE app and you don't need to install anything to do with kde to use it. Basically KDM/GDM/XDM is just a pretty login screen. KDM/GDM allow more functionality when logging in (like shutdown/restart, WM selection, failsafe selection) and look prettier (nothing else). Once you login you run the WM and Xserver just the same as if you start it with startx. When you log out you can set it to restart the DM or go to the text console.

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Can you send me a sample of Xsession file (sdelaye@hotmail.com) ?

I probably won't be able to get around to it until this weekend but I will as soon as I can.

brianw

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Posted: Nov. 02 2005,18:12

You should have the files. In the readme I couldn't remember which script started all the window stuff for fluxbox but after re-reading the posts I found it is the "enhance" script. Using this would be much better than starting the items individually the way I have done in the Xsession file. Since kdm can be set to use xrdb as well the Xsession file I sent you might be usable to get xdm working as well without requiring xrdb (not sure though and probably won't try any time soon).

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Posted: Nov. 04 2005,01:00

Quote (brianw @ Oct. 27 2005,11:15)

I've been considering this as well, but I've noticed that kdm and gdm have LOTS of dependancies.
Example - kdm:

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kdebase-bin
kdelibs4
libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.4)

(And several other non-DSL-inclusion dependancies).
Total Size: ~10MB. That's a lot just for a pretty login... unless someone could compile a static binary?

brianw

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Posted: Nov. 04 2005,02:00

I guess then it must be a kde app and when I start fluxbox in the Xsession it is using kde instead. Funny fluxbox runs just as fast with kdm as without kdm so I guess I can switch to kde without any performance reduction. Don't suppose there are any other situations where people use a small portion of software in a specific way without using the full software.

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