more kdm questions

[Brett Wiggins]

hello again,


> Did you set the hostname ?
> 
>
This is going to sound like a stupid question but how do I set the 
hostname? I searched the archive for 'kdm hostname' and found nothing.

Thanks again

Brett
 
>> hello (again),
>>              I am still having some problems with kdm, I have 
>> searched 
>> (again) the archives and the handbook. Below are the steps I took, 
>> files I edited during setup. After I installed the X window system 
>> and 
>> KDE I created the file ~/.xinitrc which contains;
>>               
>>                       exec startkde
>> 
>>> after I created the file I could use startx to run KDE.
>> 
>> I then setup KDM by editing the file 
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession. I 
>> added the following to the file;
>> 
>>                    case $# in
>>                    1)
>>                        case $1 in
>>                         kde)
>>                              exec /usr/local/bin/startkde
>>                              ;;
>>                        failsafe)
>>                               exec xtem -geometry 80x24-0-0
>>                               ;;
>>                        esac
>>                     esac 
>> Finally I added the following to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0;
>> 
>>                  /usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop                       
>> 
>> KDM loads but when I log in nothing happens, I just end up back at 
>> the 
>> login screen. This is all the info I can think of. If I missed any 
>> please let me know.
>> 
>> Thanks again
>> 
>> Brett
>>