[SOLVED] after kde 4.8.2 upgrade, kdm does not offer session type XFCE4 anymore

Martinus2u · 04-29-2012, 03:54 PM

did anyone else find this regression, or has a fix?

cwizardone · 04-29-2012, 11:06 PM

Yes, I noticed the same thing when I switched to id:4:initdefault: so a guest could use the computer. As I usually boot to the command prompt, id:3, it is not a problem (for me) and didn't pursue a solution.

dc_eros · 04-30-2012, 01:46 AM

Isn't it available on the list? I'm using XFCE4 via runlevel 4 with KDM.

Martinus2u · 04-30-2012, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dc_eros

Isn't it available on the list? I'm using XFCE4 via runlevel 4 with KDM.

it isn't on the list for me. currently i'm going in via runlevel 3 and startx, but I can't roll this out to my users.

Martinus2u · 04-30-2012, 02:37 PM

Solution: the file /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions/xfce4.desktop is missing in kde-workspace-4.8.2.

Just copy it from kde-workspace-4.5.5, or use the following (i18n omitted):

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=XSession
Exec=startxfce4
TryExec=startxfce4
Name=XFce 4
Comment=The Cholesterol Free Desktop Environment, version 4. A desktop environment reminiscent of CDE

Will e-mail Pat, too.

vdemuth · 05-19-2012, 10:14 AM

Works great. Thanks

Alien Bob · 05-19-2012, 11:16 AM

This is strange.
Don't you have a KDM session menu entry called "Xfce"? I removed the XFCE4 session entries which ship with KDE 4.8, this is what I had to say in my ktown changelog:

Code:

Sat Jan 28 16:36:33 UTC 2012
4.8.0/kde/kde-workspace:  make KDM look first in Slackware's standard xsessions
  directory /usr/share/xsessions ; also remove the xfce*.desktop xsession files
  which are shipped with KDM (our XFCE package provides this already).
  Requested by Robby Workman.

I have a "Xfce" session menu entry on this very laptop, provided by the file "/usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop" which is part of the xfce-4.6.2 package in Slackware-current (and 13.37).
Do you have a different version of XFCE installed, or are you not using Slackware proper?

Or else, did you perhaps forget to replace your "/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc" file with the "/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.new" file which gets installed by the kde-workspace package? That kdmrc file was changed for KDE 4.8 to make it find the X Session entries which the XFCE package installs into Slackware.

Eric

Martinus2u · 05-19-2012, 01:54 PM

Eric, I think you solved the mystery.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Or else, did you perhaps forget to replace your "/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc" file with the "/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.new" file which gets installed by the kde-workspace package? That kdmrc file was changed for KDE 4.8 to make it find the X Session entries which the XFCE package installs into Slackware.

Indeed, that is the solution:

Code:

root@arnold$ diff kdmrc kdmrc.new | grep Sessions
< SessionsDirs=/usr/share/config/kdm/sessions,/usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions
> SessionsDirs=/usr/share/xsessions,/usr/share/config/kdm/sessions,/usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions

So people, update your kdmrc file.

cwizardone · 05-19-2012, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

...did you perhaps forget to replace your "/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc" file with the "/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.new" file which gets installed by the kde-workspace package? That kdmrc file was changed for KDE 4.8 to make it find the X Session entries which the XFCE package installs into Slackware...

Must have missed that in the documentation...

Alien Bob · 05-19-2012, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

Must have missed that in the documentation...

Standard practice after installing packages... either run "slackpkg new-config" or use "find /etc -name '*.new'" to find the newly installed configuration files that are not being used at the moment.

Eric