My /var/log/message log file is filling-up with these messages:
Mar 25 09:55:37 gzunder kdm_config[9818]: Multiple occurrences of section [General] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Mar 25 09:55:37 gzunder kdm_config[9818]: Multiple occurrences of section [Xdmcp] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Mar 25 09:55:37 gzunder kdm_config[9818]: Multiple occurrences of section [X-*-Core] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Mar 25 09:55:37 gzunder kdm_config[9818]: Multiple occurrences of section [X-*-Greeter] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them.
Mar 25 09:55:37 gzunder kdm_config[9818]: Multiple occurrences of key 'UseTheme' in section [X-*-Greeter] of /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc
Mar 25 09:55:37 gzunder kdm_config[9818]: Multiple occurrences of section [X-:0-Core] in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc. Consider merging them
Running grep -v “^#” /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc I get this:
Can anyone suggest how to “merge” this file to prevent the messages? Is the section [X--Core]
really the same as [X-[b]:-Core] (there’s an extra":" in the latter)?
I see that I have the same problem here on 11.4 and 11.3 computers. For section like [X-:-Core] which has no options turned on, just delete the section or comment out the line. For sections like [X-:-Greeter], copy the lines from the second section in to the first then delete or comment out lines. Make sure you copy all the comment lines in the section, also make a copy of kdmrc first. I am trying to find a computer that does not have any one logged on to test fixing the file. I will have to get back with you on this. The 11.3 laptop I found that had a duplicate does not want to startx, I am just getting a blank screen.
Ok, it apears that Nvidia broke their driver again. had to switch back to the nv driver. I combined the two [X-:-Greeter] sections and did not see any errors in /var/log/messages after reboot. The lap top only had duplicate [X-:-Greeter] sections. You should be able to copy all of the lines, except for the header, from the second section section in to the first then delete the second section.
Still a little unclear on your instructions. My incompetence, not your advice - I’m afraid!
So, which sections should I keep? The ones with the colon’s or the ones without?
Do I keep (with additions from below) [X-*-Greeter] (no colon)
and rem out (and copy active flags to above) [X-:*-Greeter] (colon)
I am sorry I did not look that close, just saw -Greeter. I guess the parser sees -- and -:- as the same thing. I copied -:- to -- and commented out -:- header. I did not get any errors about having wrong options in -*-Greeter.
I tried deleting the kdmrc file to see if KDM would recreate it. just got and error saying config file not found, but KDM still came up.
I think that every thing in the kdmrc file is the default. You could delete the kdmrc file and create a blank one and not see any errors on boot and KDM and KDE would work the same.
The one box I chacked that did not have any errors, was one I just upgraded from 11.2 and I using the old kdmrc file from that install. It was a custom file having two consoles.