[arch-general] libpng12 and libjpeg6 from AUR fix kdemod3 100%

David C. Rankin drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Tue Mar 23 19:52:50 CET 2010


On 03/23/2010 11:57 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:

> 
> I already emailed you about this earlier:
> 
>> > > 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
>>
>> 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
> 

DR,

	Thank you for putting me on the right path. For the record, you don't need your
link in /etc/X11/sessions, you need the link in "/usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions".
Adding the following link did the trick

ln -s /etc/X11/sessions/kdemod3.desktop /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions

	Now there is a kdemod3 entry in the kdm greeter. Learning has occurred.

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