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Immediate after installation, a clean installation, the Fedora login screen was there with
"Language", "Session" etc. awailable on screen bottom. After running update with "yumex" (Yum Extender) the Fedora Login Screen disappeared, starting with a login screen similar to RH without "Language", "Session" etc. on the screen bottom. No "Language" selection was available.
see if u have a /etc/X11/prefdm script??
or lookout for entries in /etc/inittab
$ cat /etc/X11/prefdm script
Code:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
# shut down any graphical boot that might exist
if [ -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ]; then
/usr/bin/rhgb-client -quit
fi
# We need to source this so that the login screens get translated
[ -f /etc/profile.d/lang.sh ] && . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
# Run preferred X display manager
preferred=
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/desktop
if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then
preferred=gdm
elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then
preferred=kdm
elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then
preferred=xdm
fi
fi
shopt -s execfail
[ -n "$preferred" ] && exec $preferred $* >/dev/null 2>&1
# Fallbacks, in order
exec gdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
exec kdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
exec xdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
# catch all exit error
exit 1
[satimis@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/X11/prefdm
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
# shut down any graphical boot that might exist
if [ -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ]; then
/usr/bin/rhgb-client -quit
fi
# We need to source this so that the login screens get translated
[ -f /etc/profile.d/lang.sh ] && . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
# Run preferred X display manager
preferred=
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/desktop
if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then
preferred=gdm
elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then
preferred=kdm
elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then
preferred=xdm
fi
fi
shopt -s execfail
[ -n "$preferred" ] && exec $preferred $* >/dev/null 2>&1
# Fallbacks, in order
exec gdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
exec kdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
exec xdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
# catch all exit error
exit 1
$ cat /etc/inittab
Code:
#
# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up
# the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@drinkel.nl.mugnet.org>
# Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and Donnie Barnes
#
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:
# System initialization.
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6
# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
# When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes
# of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now.
# This does, of course, assume you have powerd installed and your
# UPS connected and working correctly.
pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down"
# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it.
pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown Cancelled"
# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
so it is pretty much clear that u have prefdm script which starts the DM
now if u have gdm nstalled that will start thr gdm first and if u do not have it won't start gdm but kdm
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