Changing the Login Display manager in RedHat and Fedora

Satissh S · 28-08-2005, 12:01 PM

Hi Guys, it is possible to change your login manager in fedora or redhat or virtually any distro that has Kde and GNOMe. I don't know if this has been posted but anyway i'll post it here.
1. press ctrl + alt + f1 on your login screen. Login as root
2. Navigate to /etc/X11/
3. Open prefdm in VI a.k.a vi prefdm
4. Now in the 12th line or so u will find the sentence [b] Preferred= [b]
5. By default it's GNOME
5. U can type gdm , kdm or xdm to change ie gdm = GNOMe disp manager, kdm = KDE DM , XDM = X-window DM.
To enhance security in KDM disables root account. I found this in a book and i wanted to share with u guys!
Thank U

QwertyManiac · 28-08-2005, 02:03 PM

good tut here satishs - also, can u tell me whether KDM supports themes or not ?

Satissh S · 28-08-2005, 02:24 PM

Yes! KDE supports themes.
1. Copy to /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes.
2. modify the lines in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc to Theme=/opt/kde3.4/share/apps/kdm/themes/[ThemeName] //your themename in [ThemeName]
Thank You
And correct me if Iam wrong!
Plz donot credit me for anything above. I just learnt it from the book and wanted to share with u pals