KDM in Debian ============= This package comes with a copy of the KDM handbook in docbook format. To read it, run "khelpcenter help:/kdm" from a command-line or go to the URL "help:/kdm" in konqueror. By default, the use of special graphical themes with KDM is disabled. If you wish to use the 'Circles' theme that comes with the kdm package, or any other theme that you have installed, you should research the 'UseTheme' and 'Theme' fields in /etc/trinity/kdm/kdmrc. This can be done by browsing this URL in Konqueror: help:/kdm/kdm-files.html#kdmrc-greeter KDM Customization ================= We provide a way to override theme-related values normally set in the master configuration file (kdmrc): * USEBACKGROUND * BACKGROUNDCFG * USETHEME * THEME * AUTOLOGINAGAIN * AUTOLOGINDELAY * AUTOLOGINLOCKED * AUTOLOGINUSER and background configuration file (backgroundrc): * WALLPAPER You just need to create a file with overridden value(s) and put it in kdm override directory (default is /etc/default/kdm.d). ================================================ Below this is direct from the xdm package README ================================================ Debian README for the xdm package: Newcomers to the X Window System should first read the file /opt/trinity/share/doc/x11-common/FAQ.gz. You can view this file with your favorite pager program after decompressing it. For example: $ zcat /opt/trinity/share/doc/x11-common/FAQ.gz | pager The default configuration for the X display manager (xdm) under Debian GNU/Linux presumes that one wishes xdm to manage one local session. (In other words, the xdm login screen occupies one virtual console automatically at boot.) If one does not wish to run a local X server, the following line should be commented out of /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers: :0 local /usr/bin/X11/X vt7 -deferglyphs 16 Several configuration files are shipped with the xdm package; they reside in the /etc/X11/xdm/ directory. Extensive documentation about the xdm configuration files may be found in the xdm(1) manual page. xdm-config contains X resources specific to xdm itself. See the X(1) manual page for more information about X resources, and the xdm(1) manual pages for documentation of the available xdm resources. Xresources contains X resources that are designed to be specfic to sessions running under xdm. Note that this file does contain the resource entries for xdm itself -- those are contained in the file xdm-config. See the X(1) manual page for more information about X resources. The above three files, despite being X resource files, are not placed in the /etc/X11/Xresources directory (see /opt/trinity/share/doc/xbase/README.Debian) because they should not be used automatically in all X sessions; the /etc/X11/Xsession script merges in the resources of all files found in /etc/X11/Xresources, and this action would be inappropriate for these resource files. Xservers contains entries to start the X server(s) on the local machine, and on any remote X terminals that do not support XDMCP. This file is internally documented. Xaccess determines what hosts on the network may use the services of the running xdm daemon. This file is internally documented. Note that as of version 3.3.4-1 of the xdm package, all remote XDMCP access is turned off by default. Xstartup is a shell script which is run (as root) after a user has logged in on a server. Xreset is a shell script which is run (as root) after a user's X session ends on a server. xdm.options contains configuration options for xdm that are specific to the Debian GNU/Linux system. See the xdm.options(5) manual page for more information.