[sllug-members]: SUSE 10.2

[Robert Lewis]

On Sunday 17 December 2006 09:14pm, Robert Lewis wrote:
>> 10.2 changed a feature where I could control the number
>> of logins that appeared on the GUI screen allowing you
>> to login.  That is, I have 6 or so people that login to
>> the machine but I only want two to show up in the graphical
>> login screen.
>>
>> With 10.2 and back I used to set this up via:
>> If you install these logins with the GUI then they can be
>>      hidden in the GUI login manager by using: YaST->Security and Users->
>>      User Management-> Expert Options->Login Settings
>>
>> However, I no longer see the option to do this here.
>>
>> Where has the functionality gone?
>>     
>
> The problem is that openSUSE 10.2 switched to GDM as the default display 
> manager, and GDM does not support that list feature.  You need to switch back 
> to KDM.  The best way to configure KDM is via the KDE Control Center 
> (kcontrol) "Login Manager".
>   
>   
Thanks Lamont for the feedback.

Now that I have it configured the way I want what other reasons would I
want to switch.  Also when I do a ps -ef to look for kdm or gdm I only
see kdm running.
root      3697     1  0 Dec17 ?        00:00:00 /opt/kde3/bin/kdm

Cheers,
Bob