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Author Topic: [EN] Solved: login and halt problems  (Read 2689 times)

dartex

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[EN] Solved: login and halt problems
« on: 2014/08/07, 21:22:00 »
hi, I have these 2 problems since some weeks.
I don't know if they are related or not, and if it's due a du...

- login: kdm doesn't start automatically, I have the textual login screen, then I have to "startx", and then it works as usual.

- halt: if I exit from kde with buttons, I return to the textual login screen. if I "halt" from konsole it works. but, in any case, the screen remain with a black screen and the text "system halted", and the computer remain turned on.


any idea?
do you need some more info?

thanks!
« Last Edit: 2014/08/08, 21:04:19 by melmarker »

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Re: login and halt problems
« Reply #1 on: 2014/08/07, 22:04:44 »
long answer short: we do not use and support kdm anymore. Reasons:
* kdm is dead and abandoned
* kdm don't play well with systemd
* kdm will not be the next official KDE Login Manager

For the time beeing we go with lightdm - until we find something better. To install lightdm go to init3 and:

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apt-get purge kdm
apt-get install siduction-settings-lightdm-gtk-december

Don't be afraid of the gtk part in the packagename, thats intentional because no one wants to configure the ubuntu kde greeter.
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dartex

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Re: login and halt problems
« Reply #2 on: 2014/08/07, 22:16:49 »
thank you very much!!! ;)

just a question... if I had kdm and it did work...
why suddenly it doesn't work anymore?  :o

it fixes also the shutdown problem?

I'll try!

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Re: login and halt problems
« Reply #3 on: 2014/08/08, 00:14:12 »
new systemd eventually - we encountered several problems with systemd and kdm over time and decided not to use it anymore for that reason. Ok - and i'm lazy, i don't analyse and fix dead horses. 8)
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. (Benjamin Franklin, November 11, 1755)
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. (Hanlons razor)

dartex

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Re: login and halt problems
« Reply #4 on: 2014/08/08, 09:57:34 »
it works perfectly now!!! ;)

it was so easy... :D

I have other 2 problems, maybe it's easy to solve also them, but I'll open a new topic.