I am using a Debian 3.1 (Sarge) distro and had to do the following to get the configure script to work correctly: apt-get install libqt3-dev apt-get install libqt3-mt-dev apt-get install kde-devel export KDEDIR=/usr/bin export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3 now I am trying to compile the source using make, but run into the following error. Any help would be greatly apprecaited. make[4]: Entering directory `/opt/dvs/mdm/mdm-0.0.3/src' /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -o mdmslave -R /usr/lib -R /usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib main.o -lkdeui -lkio -lXtst gui/libnewgui.la logic/liblogic.la client/libclient.la common/libcommon.la /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXtst collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [mdmslave] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/opt/dvs/mdm/mdm-0.0.3/src' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/dvs/mdm/mdm-0.0.3/src' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/dvs/mdm/mdm-0.0.3/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/dvs/mdm/mdm-0.0.3' make: *** [all] Error 2

People, please stop imitating XP...I have XP on my Laptop for my college needs and this looks exactly the same as XP login manager...the ball, the guitar...the blue login manager theme...wtf? Maybe i should open thread on some global forum where I will tell the others not to imitate XP! KDE is beauty yes, but not this login manager!

I run Mandriva 2005 LE with KDE 3.3 and qt 3.3.4 When I try to compile mdm 0.0.3 it exit with: Client.cpp: In copy constructor `Message::Message(const Message&)': /usr/lib/qt3//include/qobject.h:211: error: `QObject::QObject(const QObject&)' is private Client.cpp:41: error: within this context This problem isn't new on the net for mdm but seems there is no solution yet Thanks in advance Rauros

When I run the ./configure command it says "checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!". Does anyone know what I need to do? Where do I change the pathway? Thanks, Marcus

Help Please !!!!!!!!!!!!! i cannot install mdm on my mandrake 10.1 i followed the instructions : To install: ./configure make make install But then at ./configure, it tells me : configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check Please, any tips would be appreciated.

Are there more themes? It does not want to compile with KDE 3.4. I tried to get the CVS version but sourceforge is rejecting the anonymous login with the password on the SF.net site. Does it support XDMCP? KDM, GDM & XDM need it to be enabled to work but I could not find any thing about it in the code. This forum is stagnant. Someone asked if the themes could be used in KDM. I would also like to know about this. KDE 3.4 seems to have a much improved theme layout engine.

Excellent work, just 3 comments: - Is it possible to enable "auto-logins" or "password-less" logins? (A kcontrol module for configuration would be great.) - If I enter a wrong password, then the message box has windows decorations twice (one from mdm and one from kde) - Is any major distro besides Linspire already using this? Greetings, probono

Could someone help me please ? I'm using Suse 9.2, it's not the first time I try to use mdm, but I never know what to do with config files ... everytime, all I get is no login manager at all and plain sonsole login instead ! Thanks in advance.

Hey I love the default theme! unfortunatly Im not sure if I want to get rid of kdm for this. kdm is very stable so is there anyway to port that theme to kdm?

ok i had trouble compiling(kde dir unknown" but i managed to do it by (find /usr /opt -name startkde -type f -perm +111) and after (export kdedir=/usr) and everything went ok throught compile no errors... now i try to find the "mdm" files to replace like in readme file and.... there not there......... this is what i see after compiling in terminal, last couple lines---->>>> /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -o mdm wrapper.o server/libserver.la common/libcommon.la make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/pirzmak/mdm-0.0.3/src' make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/pirzmak/mdm-0.0.3/src' make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/pirzmak/mdm-0.0.3/src' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/pirzmak/mdm-0.0.3' make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/pirzmak/mdm-0.0.3' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/pirzmak/mdm-0.0.3' everything looks ok ?????? i think so where are the files ? please help

I use Gentoo/GNU Linux, kernel 2.6.7-ck5, pure udev, NTPL, glibc-2.3.4.20040619-r0, gcc-3.4.1: This is output of ./configure & make: ------>8------>8------>8------ dastra@bet-pc ~/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3 $ ./configure checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking for -p flag to install... yes checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for style of include used by make... 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GNU/Linux ld.so checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... no configure: creating libtool appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld) supports shared libr aries... yes checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld) supports shared libr aries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so appending configuration tag "GCJ" to libtool checking if gcj supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... 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Start make now adastra@bet-pc ~/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3 $ make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3' Making all in doc make[2]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/doc' Making all in . make[3]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/doc' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/doc' Making all in en make[3]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/doc/e n' /usr/kde/3.2/bin/meinproc --check --cache index.cache.bz2 ./index.docbook make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/doc/en ' make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/doc' Making all in po make[2]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/po' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/po' Making all in src make[2]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src' make all-recursive make[3]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src' Making all in common make[4]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/c ommon' make all-recursive make[5]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/c ommon' make[6]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/c ommon' if /bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. - I. -I../.. -I/usr/kde/3.2/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_TH READ_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -pedanti c -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast- align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribut e -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -MT Message.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/Mess age.Tpo" \ -c -o Message.lo `test -f 'Message.cpp' || echo './'`Message.cpp; \ then mv -f ".deps/Message.Tpo" ".deps/Message.Plo"; \ else rm -f ".deps/Message.Tpo"; exit 1; \ fi if /bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. - I. -I../.. -I/usr/kde/3.2/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_TH READ_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -pedanti c -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast- align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribut e -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -MT Debug.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/Debug. Tpo" \ -c -o Debug.lo `test -f 'Debug.cpp' || echo './'`Debug.cpp; \ then mv -f ".deps/Debug.Tpo" ".deps/Debug.Plo"; \ else rm -f ".deps/Debug.Tpo"; exit 1; \ fi /bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-lo ng-long -Wundef -Wall -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SO URCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-secu rity -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -o lib common.la -R /usr/kde/3.2/lib -R /usr/qt/3/lib -R /usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib - L/usr/qt/3/lib -L/usr/kde/3.2/lib Message.lo Debug.lo -lkdecore make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/co mmon' make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/co mmon' make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/co mmon' Making all in client make[4]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/c lient' make all-recursive make[5]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/c lient' make[6]: Entering directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/c lient' if /bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. - I. -I../.. -I/usr/kde/3.2/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I../com mon -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -W all -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SO URCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-for mat-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -MT Client.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/Client.Tpo" \ -c -o Client.lo `test -f 'Client.cpp' || echo './'`Client.cpp; \ then mv -f ".deps/Client.Tpo" ".deps/Client.Plo"; \ else rm -f ".deps/Client.Tpo"; exit 1; \ fi /usr/qt/3/include/qobject.h: In copy constructor `Message::Message(const Message&)': /usr/qt/3/include/qobject.h:211: error: `QObject::QObject(const QObject&)' is privat e Client.cpp:41: error: within this context make[6]: *** [Client.lo] Error 1 make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/cl ient' make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/cl ient' make[4]: *** [all] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src/cl ient' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/adastra/downloads/paczki/kde-look/mdm-0.0.3' make: *** [all] Error 2 ------>8------>8------>8------ (Looks like gcc-3.4.1 "strictness" error to me..)

Hi. I have a problem with the keyboard when mdm starts. When mdm starts the keyboard is blocked. in one computer work okay but in the other the keyboard is blocked. Thanks!!

On my debian system i installed mdm as the default window manager. After a few tricks everything is fine now. Mdm starts in runlevel 5 and i'm able to log in directly after booting. But the /etc/profile and all startup scripts in my homedir (e.g. .profile, .bashrc,..) aren't read in. If i start konsole i see a naked shell, with sh-2.05b$ as prompt. Where's my bash gone? Ok, the /etc/profile could be read by the mdm start script, but what about the rest? Thx for any help.

Hi, First, this login manager is really nice, thank you anton ! :) I've just made a Debian (SID/Unstable) package for it. Follow this link to dowload it : http://intranet.harlaut.net/debian/ Feel free to send your comments or remarks, Mike

How do you make mdm the default login manager. I tried changing in rc.conf. Running KDE 3.2.2. and GEntoo 2.6? Thanks

Just type export KDEDIR=/usr (or your KDE directory). That's all : )

I can't install this theme. when I Compile it says that it can't find the 'KDEDIR' So I can't do a 'Make' Any tips for me ? btw; Is there no rpm available ?