[solved] [noob alert] How do I remove duplicate entries in the KDM session menu?

[abalone]

At the KDM login screen, I have two "Xfce Session" entries in the menu. I've had this problem before with other window managers/desktop environments. Where "is" this menu (in the filesystem)/how do I remove the duplicates?

Thanks in advance.

[Rog131]

Re: [noob alert] How do I remove duplicate entries in the KDM session menu?

The kdm/log-in screen is reading the information from the /usr/share/xsessions/.

Here, i have:

:~$ ls -l /usr/share/xsessions
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 206 2010-02-08 17:45 kde2.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 241 2009-11-09 12:53 kde.desktop

The kde2.desktop (> Topic: GtoK: .desktop files) is a test file "Just Testing".

[img width=400 height=304]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9403/justtesting.png[/img]


The "kde.desktop" is added by the kdebase-workspace-data:

:~$ apt-file search /usr/share/xsessions/kde.desktop
kdebase-workspace-data: /usr/share/xsessions/kde.desktop

"xfce.desktop":

:~$ apt-file search /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop
xfce4-utils: /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop

Do you have something else in the /usr/share/xsessions/ ?

You could add and remove (backup first) the desktop files.


Grab kdm image > Topic: Capturing the images of the ksplash & kdm & ksplash again

[abalone]

Re: [noob alert] How do I remove duplicate entries in the KDM session menu?

edit: my fifty-sixth double post

[abalone]

Re: [noob alert] How do I remove duplicate entries in the KDM session menu?

I had these in KDM:

Xfce Session
KDE
Fluxbox
Xfce Session
Failsafe

And in /usr/share/xsessions, a file called "default.desktop" that was symlinked to "xfce.desktop". I removed this file. Now I have:

Default
KDE
Fluxbox
Xfce Session
Failsafe

I suppose that's an aesthetic improvement (although Default means Xfce, so there're still two of them in a way)

Thanks for the comprehensive help!!