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  1. January 15th, 2003, 08:53 PM #1
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    Linux - RH8 KDE Shutdown Option

    KDE doesn't show the the shutdown
    option when gdm (Gnome Display Manager) runs (This is standard when you just
    installed RedHat and you boot into init 5). You will have to change the
    display manager to KDM (KDE Display Manager), you can do this in some file
    in /etc/X11R6/
    Does anyone know what file I should be looking in and what I will have to change?
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  2. January 15th, 2003, 09:07 PM #2
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    what exactly are you trying to do?
    just shutdown, or display a shutdown icon in KDE?
    you could use shutdown -r now "shortcut icon", or, log off and shutdown from the login prompt thing.
    Hmm...theres something a little peculiar here. Oh i see what it is! the sentence is talking about itself! do you see that? what do you mean? sentences can\'t talk! No, but they REFER to things, and this one refers directly-unambigeously-unmistakably-to the very sentence which it is!
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  3. January 15th, 2003, 09:18 PM #3
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    I would like to enable the shutdown option when clicking logoff.
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  4. January 15th, 2003, 09:49 PM #4
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    /etc/X11/prefdm
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  5. January 15th, 2003, 10:19 PM #5
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    if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then
    preferred=gdm
    elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then
    preferred=kdm
    elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then
    preferred=xdm
    Do I have to set the environment variable $DISPLAYMANAGER??? If so how?
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  6. January 15th, 2003, 10:35 PM #6
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    The prefdm script runs the preferred X display manager (gdm if you're running GNOME, kdm if you're running KDE, or xdm if you're running AnotherLevel) based on the contents of the /etc/sysconfig/desktop directory.

    it will usually just have

    desktop="GNOME"

    or whatever
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  7. January 15th, 2003, 10:42 PM #7
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    I had seen this but was unsure. You've been a great help thank you.


    Just tried it restarted x/rebooted and nothing happened. The Red Hat login screen is still using gdm.

    Trying to reply but AO is just editing my last post... Whats going on???

    Just tried it restarted x/rebooted and nothing happened. The Red Hat login screen is still using gdm.
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