Re: [kubuntu-kde3.5-users] LTSP kde3 and kde4 - kde3 starts kicker and plasma comes too!

I would also like to say thank you for the kde3 version of Kubuntu. Last year we migrated 1000 workstations to Linux in our elementary schools and all of our recently created screenshots and documentation are all using kde3 and we did not want to rework at this time. In addition we have many users who are resistant to change ;-) I have experienced the same problem Kevin has at our site as well. When the user first logs on both kde3 and kde4 We are using DRBL fat clients at our site rather that LTSP but I am not sure the problem is related to LTSP. I have a standalone test machine that has the same behaviour. A temporary solution is to logout (using the kde3 menu because the kde4 kmenu doesn't seen to respond) Then at the kdm screen select kde session from the drop down list. The next login should be kde3 only. Another thing you can do is create a file called .dmrc and put this the users home directory with the following two lines: [Desktop] Session=kde3 --Will Esselink School District 33 Chilliwack, BC Canada On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Kevin Colyer <kevin(a)ywambrussels.be> wrote: > Dear All, > > Thanks for making KDE3 available for Kubuntu users. I have been running > an LTSP network with KDE3 for several happy users. Anyway as I was > restricted to > running Hardy I have taken the plunge and now have Jaunty with KDE3 and > KDE installed. (I have decided 4.3 is OK for me) > > So I have the LTSP terminals working OK. But when I boot them into KDE3 > Plasma > starts too, as well as a number of duplicated KDE 4 services (or because > of probably). > > I added: > export KDEDIRS=/opt/kde3/:/usr/ > export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/kde3/share/:/usr/share/ > > to /opt/kde3/bin/startkde but that makes no difference. > > KDE4 performance is poor on LTSP so I can't migrate the users. I call > kill off > the KDE4 processes and will train users to do this. > > Any ideas how I can stop KDE4 processes starting? Where are they being > started > from? > > Cheers, > > Kevin > > -- > Kevin Colyer > YWAM National Director (interim) > YWAM Brussels Team leader/Responsable de JEM Bruxelles > > Avenue Des Celtes, 19 > 1040 Bruxelles > Belgium > > Tel: +32 (0) 2 736 33 63 > Fax: +32 (0) 2 738 02 40 > GSM: +32 (0) 484 683 003 > GSM: +44 (0) 7967 105 273 (only outside Belgium) > http://www.ywambrussels.be > skype: kevincolyerwork