Guys,

Just dropping a note on the build and install of libpng12 and libjpeg6 from AUR
to fix the problem I had with the kdemod3 install on my new arch box. After
installing the two packages, kde3 seems to be 100% healthy. Immediately, all
icons and graphic handling returned just like you would expect.

Now if I could just figure out how to create a kde3 menu item in the kdm
greeter, it would be perfect. Currently, I have to drop to tty1, kill kdm and
then use startx with /opt/kde/bin/startkde specified in my ~/.xinitrc file to
get kde3 started. How does one create a desktop entry in the kdm greeter scheme
so I can launch kde3 from there? It can't be that hard, I have pekwm, blackbox,
openbox and fluxbox and gnome entries in there along with kde4, but I don't know
where the "magic switch" is so kde3 will appear.

What's the trick?

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Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
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On 03/23/2010 04:17 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:

Guys,

Just dropping a note on the build and install of libpng12 and libjpeg6 from AUR
to fix the problem I had with the kdemod3 install on my new arch box. After
installing the two packages, kde3 seems to be 100% healthy. Immediately, all
icons and graphic handling returned just like you would expect.

Now if I could just figure out how to create a kde3 menu item in the kdm
greeter, it would be perfect. Currently, I have to drop to tty1, kill kdm and
then use startx with /opt/kde/bin/startkde specified in my ~/.xinitrc file to
get kde3 started. How does one create a desktop entry in the kdm greeter scheme
so I can launch kde3 from there? It can't be that hard, I have pekwm, blackbox,
openbox and fluxbox and gnome entries in there along with kde4, but I don't know
where the "magic switch" is so kde3 will appear.

What's the trick?



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

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

That confirms it -- I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other...
Thanks DR

--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com

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.

--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com

On 03/23/2010 02:52 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:

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.



Er, yeah. That's what I meant. Add a link in
/usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions . :-)


Well, I was close!

Anyway, all's well that ends well. Glad this helped you get it fixed.

DR