Description of problem: KDM ignores /etc/kde/kdm/Xservers file, and always starts X server Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Comment out local x server line in /etc/kde/kdm/Xservers, as specified in the documentation: #:0 local /usr/bin/X :0 2. Switch runlevel to 3, and then back to 5 Actual results: X server starts, and display tries to open Expected results: X server should not start. Additional info: I am following the established procedure for running XDMCP, headless. But this bug makes that impossible. Bug 452528 blocks the same functionality for GDM.
Wrong value in bugzilla component chooser
The component can be changed. :-)
*** Bug 530661 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Found this bug in the KDE bug tracking system, and it's tagged as WONTFIX. But I also found a workaround: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101163 So basically its the Documentation that is wrong, and the fact that a useless softlink is created in the /etc/kde/kdm directory. Put a blank in StaticServers, set ServerAttempts=0 , ServerCmd=/bin/true, and remove all X-:0- sections. For example: [General] ConfigVersion=2.3 ConsoleTTYs=tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6 PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3 ServerVTs=1 StaticServers= [Shutdown] BootManager=Grub HaltCmd=/sbin/poweroff RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot [X-*-Core] AllowShutdown=Root AutoReLogin=false ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%d Resources=/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources Session=/etc/kde/kdm/Xsession SessionsDirs=/usr/share/xsessions,/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/sessions Setup=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 ServerAttempts=0 StartAttempts=0 ServerCmd=/bin/true [X-*-Greeter] AntiAliasing=true BackgroundCfg=/etc/kde/kdm/backgroundrc ColorScheme=ObsidianCoast EchoPasswd=true FaceSource=PreferUser FailFont=Abyssinica SIL,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 FocusPasswd=true ForgingSeed=1108476160 GUIStyle= GreetFont=Abyssinica SIL,16,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 GreetString=Fedora 11 (Leonidas) GreeterPos=50,50 Language=en_US LogoArea=Logo LogoPixmap=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png MaxShowUID=65530 MinShowUID=500 SelectedUsers= ShowUsers=NotHidden SortUsers=true StdFont=Abyssinica SIL,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 Theme=/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/leonidas UseBackground=true UseTheme=true UserCompletion=true UserList=true [X-:*-Core] AllowShutdown=All NoPassEnable=false NoPassUsers= ServerArgsLocal=-br -nolisten tcp ServerTimeout=30 TerminateServer=true [X-:*-Greeter] DefaultUser=chymes FocusPasswd=true LoginMode=DefaultLocal PreselectUser=Previous #[X-:0-Core] #AutoLoginEnable=false #AutoLoginLocked=false #AutoLoginUser= [Xdmcp] Enable=true Willing=/etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling Xaccess=/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess
So I guess the real bug is that kde-settings-kdm creates that unused Xservers symlink.
%changelog * Tue Oct 27 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter> 4.3-12 - plasma-desktop-appletsrc: Constantine wallpaper - drop /etc/kde/kdm/Xservers (#530660)