[SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

Agreed

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

See the post above with the login screen preview for the new login with the text being moved to the lower right.

Based on 1024x768 resolution Wide Screen. Normal Screen should still appear decently.

[baucha15]

Re: [SOLVED] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

i know this old thread but i just wanted to know how did u customize the login screen.. cos when i tried with kdmthemes manager (login manager) it totally destroyed my original login screen and now all i get is that greyed kde login box.

Can u pls tell me how to customize? the one u had looks cool

Thanks

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

Basically it was really trial and error. I started with a theme that had a layout that I liked from http://www.kde-look.org. It was very similar to Kubuntu's with a few tweaks. Instead of installing it, I placed it in a "work area". I then started to pick at the xml file inside there. It is what tells KDM/GDM Greeter engine how to layout everything. Got the basic part working first with much of the original intact, except for the background image. Once I though it was correct I installed it. That is the one reason I wanted the XDMCP working because then I could use the embedded view to tweak the locations of items and all. I still did that by trial and error as well. Slow process that way, but I got what I wanted.

Note: There is also a .desktop file that will need to be edited as well, especially if you change the XML file name. I did that to make it more "mine".

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

How To (Let me Know of any Issues):

1. Install Xephyr... Either through Adept Manager (that's how I installed it) or through konsole.
. konsole: "sudo apt-get install xserver-xephyr"

2. [For KDE3.5]
. Edit "/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc" with kate as root.
. konsole: "kdesudo kate /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc"

[For KDE4]
. Edit "/etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc" with kate as root.
. konsole: "kdesudo kate /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc"

. Change: [Xdmcp]
Enable=false

. To: [Xdmcp]
Enable=true

3. [For KDE3.5]
. Edit "/etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess" with kate as root.
. konsole: "kdesudo kate /etc/kde3/kdm/Xaccess"

[For KDE4]
. Edit "/etc/kde4/kdm/Xaccess" with kate as root.
. konsole: "kdesudo kate /etc/kde4/kdm/Xaccess"

. Change: #* #any host can get a login window

. To: * #any host can get a login window

4. Reboot your system.

5. After rebooting. Log in. Start Konsole.
. In konsole: "Xephyr -query localhost -screen 800x600 :1"

6. This should bring up a screen @ the designated resolution of 800x600. I personally used
. 1024x768 as that is what my Log-in Splash was designed for (base).

7. Use "Ksnapshot" to make a screen shot of the resulting screen that appears.

8. If using Xephyr results in a Window with a grey background, then you are experiencing some kind
. of "interference" from another device. I've never fully found what that "Interference" was. What I
. did find out for me is if I closed "knetworkmanager" and disabled my network card, it would work.
. This wasn't on all machines I tried it on. As of Kubuntu 8.04 HH KDE3.5.9 that problem doesn't
. appear to ocurr.

[Snowhog]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

Just way to cool! 8) Thanks for posting these simple instructions. It's so nice to be able to take snapshots of ones customized login screens!!

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

I agree. I looked at your Image you posted. That is very cool with the Dragon there. I wish I can get mine working with KDE4.1 (KDM-KDE4). Seems to be something missing there but can't find what. Most of it works in KDE4 (KDM-KDE4). The parts that don't is the "User List". "Login Button" and "Session Button". At least it will let you login. I have to use KDM for it to work, which is what I'm doing because I hate thinking its broke.

[dibl]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

I wish I can get mine working with KDE4.1 (KDM-KDE4).

I see you had to do some custom edits (for KDE3) in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc. For KDM-KDE4 there must be another place where you have to do the analogous edit? Just guessing here -- you guys have gone where I fear to tread!

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

Yep the files that need to be edited for Xephyr to work aren't in the KDE4 location. I think its because Kubuntu HH 8.04 KDE Remix isn't totally set up as KDE4 exclusively.

Also, as far as working and sorry I know what I wrote wasn't clear (one reason I don't write to many How-Tos ), I was talking about my Custom Login screen. Works when KDM is the default but barley works when KDM-KDE4 is default.

Edit: Oh, Dibl, I think you can do this. Just jump in! That's what I did.

[Guest]

what you just wrote and let you know

Goes directly into another session of mine and when logging out of it closes out. Never see the login screen. It also tried to put it to the Full screen width. I'll try what you just wrote and let you know. I don't give up. This is the furthest I've gotten.

[Snowhog]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

For Intrepid Ibex 8.10, the directory in bold is where the files are located:

2. Edit "/etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc" with kate as root.
konsole: "kdesudo kate /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc"

Change: [Xdmcp]
Enable=false

To: [Xdmcp]
Enable=true

3. Edit "/etc/kde4/kdm/Xaccess" with kate as root.
konsole: "kdesudo kate /etc/kde4/kdm/Xaccess"

Change: #* #any host can get a login window

To: * #any host can get a login window

Just did up my custom KDM Login screen. Screen shot has been posted in the Gallery.

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

Thanks! How did you do the Log-In Screen (What Existing Theme did you Use?)



Edit: Great Background!!!! I wonder why I like it?

How To has been Updated. Thanks SnowHog!!

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

Well unfortunately I get the grey only screen. Tried my trick with KNetworkmanager and no go. I even set it to Offline mode and that just caused Xephyr not to run at all. Evidently it needs a working network, I guess to "listen" on the loopback, but it seems to not want to play nice with me. Did you have similar issues SnowHog? This is for Intrepid Ibex.

[Snowhog]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

Thanks! How did you do the Log-In Screen (What Existing Theme did you Use?)

Update. Well, I was trying to fix the issue where my custom background image in the KDM Login screen wasn't being used after pressing Enter, and ended up changing something (I do try to take notes, but I must have missed something) that resulted in my custom background not being show - just a black screen with the rest of the KDM Login images. I could login, and got the follow-on Oxygen ksplash (animated) screen.

It was late - past midnight - so I said 'darn' (yeah, okay, so it was something else) and decided to 'clean things up' and revert back to the default Oxygen Theme. So, that's where I'm at at the moment. I'm still using the Bluemoon image as my wallpaper - just way to cool an image. As to where I got it, that was off of kde-look. It was another image posted by g33z (that guy is some graphic artist!). I manipulated his image using Gimp.

I'm going to rethink the process of creating my custom KDM Theme in Intrepid. There is an apparent underlying login splash engine (KSplash), or some small piece of it, that is controlling aspects of Login Themes. KSplash isn't installed, and isn't in the (standard) repo's for Intrepid. I had to search around in my system to locate where things are located. Examining where the existing KDM Login Theme and such, I duplicated the directory structure for my theme. But, as I said, something was missing.

Anyway, today is another day. I'll figure it out.

[MoonRise]

Re: [SOLVED - Simple How To Attached] Screenshot of Login Screen? - XDMCP

Thanks for the image. I've downloaded quite a few of his stuff. He does have some great Wallpaper.

Tried taking a copy of the Oxygen Theme and changing a few things as I thought would need to be changed. After all that, I placed it back in the Themes directory and chose it as my Log-In theme and OH BOY. Don't do that! Took for ever at the command line cleaning that mess up.