Getting coLinux to use the KDM Display Manager

Author: James McDonald

Run the following

apt-get install kdm

Edit /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

[Xdmcp]
Enable=true

Edit /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers and comment out the local Xserver invocation

#:0 local@tty1 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp
#:1 local@tty2 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :1
#:2 local@tty3 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :2
#:3 local@tty4 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :3
#:4 local@tty5 reserve /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp :4

Edit /etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess and uncomment the following line

*                    #any host can get a login window

Make sure that kdm is the default window manager

/usr/sbin/update-rc.d kdm defaults

Also make sure that it is in /etc/X11/default-window-manager

/usr/bin/kdm

Restart coLinux

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