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Diffstat (limited to 'debian/squeeze/tdebase/debian/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/debian/squeeze/tdebase/debian/NEWS b/debian/squeeze/tdebase/debian/NEWS index 49b0bb6d4..226d0b1aa 100644 --- a/debian/squeeze/tdebase/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/squeeze/tdebase/debian/NEWS @@ -1,44 +1,44 @@ tdebase (4:3.4.2-3) unstable; urgency=low - *** Changes to KDM conffiles: + *** Changes to TDM conffiles: - * Users upgrading KDM from 3.3.x, will find that KDM no longer uses the - /etc/trinity/kdm/Xservers file, if /etc/trinity/kdm/kdmrc was updated to - the version shipped with KDM 3.4.x. The package upgrade scripts - will not remove Xservers even if kdmrc has been upgraded, if they detect + * Users upgrading TDM from 3.3.x, will find that TDM no longer uses the + /etc/trinity/tdm/Xservers file, if /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc was updated to + the version shipped with TDM 3.4.x. The package upgrade scripts + will not remove Xservers even if tdmrc has been upgraded, if they detect local modifications. This should allow administrators to merge their - Xservers changes into kdmrc before themselves removing Xservers. The new - ServerArgsLocal key in kdmrc is where most old Xservers customizations + Xservers changes into tdmrc before themselves removing Xservers. The new + ServerArgsLocal key in tdmrc is where most old Xservers customizations should be placed. * Irrespective of the removal of the Xservers file, we highly recommend that - all administrators accept the installation of the updated kdmrc file - during the package upgrade. Many important changes to KDM's defaults have - been made, and KDM is exceedingly bad at handling anything but the latest - kdmrc format, so the nuissance of re-customizing KDM will likely prove - less than the nuissance of dealing with a KDM that isn't working properly. - If you have already upgraded KDM package without accepting the new kdmrc, + all administrators accept the installation of the updated tdmrc file + during the package upgrade. Many important changes to TDM's defaults have + been made, and TDM is exceedingly bad at handling anything but the latest + tdmrc format, so the nuissance of re-customizing TDM will likely prove + less than the nuissance of dealing with a TDM that isn't working properly. + If you have already upgraded TDM package without accepting the new tdmrc, purging and reinstalling the package should achieve the desired result. *** Changes to user login script handling: - * Another important change that users upgrading from KDM 3.3.x may notice - is that KDM's ability to source personal login scripts, long disabled, has + * Another important change that users upgrading from TDM 3.3.x may notice + is that TDM's ability to source personal login scripts, long disabled, has been restored. The exact files sourced on login will depend on the user's - choice of shell. For users of bash, KDM will source /etc/profile, followed - by ~/.bash_profile or, if that is not present, ~/.profile. Note that KDM + choice of shell. For users of bash, TDM will source /etc/profile, followed + by ~/.bash_profile or, if that is not present, ~/.profile. Note that TDM is NOT spawning a login shell, but is merely mimicking the behaviour that popular shells would exhibit if they were login shells, by manually - sourcing the customary login scripts. /etc/trinity/kdm/Xsession controls this + sourcing the customary login scripts. /etc/trinity/tdm/Xsession controls this behaviour. - * The important downside of the above approach is that KDM will utterly fail + * The important downside of the above approach is that TDM will utterly fail to start a user's session if the newly sourced files contain certain types of commands. For instance, many commands will cause the login attempt to fail because they expect an interactive shell, or because you are trying to "exec" something that cannot provide an X session. For instance, "exec ksmserver" will launch KDE, but "exec bash" will fail. Thus if you - are unsure why KDM is refusing to start your session, try commenting out + are unsure why TDM is refusing to start your session, try commenting out elements of the newly sourced login scripts, and you may find the problem resolved. @@ -47,24 +47,24 @@ tdebase (4:3.4.2-3) unstable; urgency=low tdebase (4:3.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low * Users upgrading from KDE 3.2 might find that their keyboards seem no longer - to work in KDM. This problem is caused by a change in KDE's handling of - virtual terminals. The setting which puts KDM on vt7, which was contained - in /etc/trinity/kdm/Xservers, has changed, and is also now located in - /etc/trinity/kdm/kdmrc. + to work in TDM. This problem is caused by a change in KDE's handling of + virtual terminals. The setting which puts TDM on vt7, which was contained + in /etc/trinity/tdm/Xservers, has changed, and is also now located in + /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc. * Users who, when upgrading to KDE 3.3, opted to replace their Xservers file with the version shipped by the package, but chose to retain their - /etc/trinity/kdm/kdmrc file, will thus have a KDM configuration which nowhere - contains a setting which properly places KDM on vt7. This can result in a + /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc file, will thus have a TDM configuration which nowhere + contains a setting which properly places TDM on vt7. This can result in a race condition which has the end effect of breaking the keyboard when using - KDM. + TDM. * The solution to the problem is either to replace both of Xservers and - kdmrc, or neither, when upgrading to KDE 3.3 for the first time. + tdmrc, or neither, when upgrading to KDE 3.3 for the first time. - * Users already stuck can, after killing KDE, purge and re-install the kdm + * Users already stuck can, after killing KDE, purge and re-install the tdm package, ensuring that the latest, fresh copies are installed. - Alternatively, they can edit /etc/trinity/kdm/kdmrc and add the following + Alternatively, they can edit /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc and add the following line: ServerVTs=-7 |