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Re: [trinity-devel] tdm login graphic is old XDG login instead of new gradient tde style

From: "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@...>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:56:10 -0500
On 07/20/2012 11:04 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 07/19/2012 11:40 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> On 07/17/2012 04:45 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote:

>> Remember that 3.5.12 used kdmrc and R14 uses tdmrc.
> 
> Yep, those are all checked and i's dotted and t's crossed. All the kdm/tdm stuff
> is good.
> 
> When I step back and think about when this stuff is invoked, tdm is launched
> from inittab, so there is nothing in the system init that could really get in
> the way. I launch tdm from inittab as follows:
> 
> x:5:respawn:/opt/trinity/bin/tdm -nodaemon
> 
> Control is then passed to tdm which then sets up the X session and is supposed
> to load the graphics/theme specified in tdmrc. This is where things 1/2 work and
> 1/2 don't. The correct background is loaded proving that tdmrc passed
> backgroundrc to X for the background, but then none of the o2_enterprise theme
> is used from that point on. You just get the XDG login dialog instead of the
> o2_enterprise themed dialog.
> 
> Of further interest, upon login, control properly passes to the moodin engine
> ksplash theme, and the remainder of the login works perfectly. It is just
> drawing the login that is FUBAR.
> 

Tim,

  I have just confirmed this behavior on an install that has been nothing but
R14. The new tdm login dialog is gone here as well and it just displays the old
xdg login. See:

http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/tdm_r14-xdg-screen.jpg

  I know it used to work here, so something is amiss.

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.