hi there

i haven't faced this typre of problem while working with other LINUX distros all these years!!
the problem is
the login manager it is using is not allowng me to go to gui mode with "root"
it just presents an option to chose from a list of users except root

what i can do is start "GDM" from another session and then use root to go to GUI mode
by default i am not allowed this

so how so i go about changing the login manager from its default login namager to gdm ??
i also try putting up an entry in /etc/inittab but of no use...


regards

Don't muck around with inittab.

First install the kde login manager...

e.g.

urpmi kdm

Then edit

/etc/sysconfig/desktop

And change the

DISPLAYMANGER=

variable to read

KDM


Also you can locate and edit kdmrc to add the root user manually, so it appears, or do this from the KDE control center once logged in as root.

thanx!!

will try and post the results!!!

also by the way i am trying this alongsode my fedora ,to have a look at the performance of mandrake

do have any experince of that

regards

With the same KDE version installed and the same apps and services running, you would not see an appreciable difference between the two.

However Mandrake does require a bit of tuning out of the box, so to speak.

For instance the FIRST thing you should do is...

edit /etc/sysconfig/harddisks

and UNCOMMENT all of the indicated lines.

Then in /etc/lilo.conf add the word

COMPACT

towards the top and run

lilo

while logged in as root.

The first tweak speeds up hard disk access an great deal and makes Mandrake "smoother". The second tweak causes the kernel to load up almost instantly.

You don't even see the initial kernel loading bar move by because it becomes so fast this way. The services will also load faster (the second moving bar) because of the first tweak.

After installing KDM with urpmi or MCC, , you can choose which Display Manager will run in MCC. This will handle the file editing and avoid typos

Open the KDE menu / System / Configuration / Configure Your Computer
Select 'System' in the left menu bar, then the 'Display Manager' icon in the main pane.

HTH,

Yup.

I forgot the easier solution.

hi there

i do not have the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file

but the kdmrc solved my problem

thanx for ur help

regards

Do you only have to run this once or should it be run every so often to re-compact it? That is, does it get fragmented?

Thanks!

Just once.