[arch-general] howto get kde3 to appear as a session in kdm greeter?

[David Rosenstrauch]

On 03/18/2010 04:42 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> On 03/18/2010 11:13 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> Guys,
>>
>> In Arch, how do I make kde3 appear as a choice in the kdm greeter? I
>> thought I
>> just had to add a kde.desktop launching /opt/kde/bin/startkde in
>> /usr/share/xsessions, but that didn't do it. What's the trick?
>
> Try putting it in /etc/X11/sessions
>
> HTH,
>
> DR

i.e., if you've already got kde(mod)3 installed:

$ ln -s /opt/kde/share/apps/kdm/sessions/kde.desktop /etc/X11/sessions

DR