Kデスクトップ環境

第 1章はじめに

KDM provides a graphical interface that allows you to log in to a system. It prompts for login (username) and password, authenticates the user and starts to run a "session". KDMxdm こと X ディスプレイマネージャに代わり「いつでも気軽に」使えるだけでなく、 xdm と比較して、 KDM はいくつかの点で優れています。

The user-interface to KDM is through two dialogue boxes. The main dialogue box has these features:

The "Shutdown" dialogue box presents a set of radio buttons that allow one of these options to be selected:

Shutdown

Shut the system down in a controlled manner, ready for power-down.

Restart

Shut the system down and reboot. For systems that use Lilo, an optional drop-down box allows you to select a particular operating-system kernel to be used for the reboot.

Restart X Server

Stop and then restart the X-server. Typically, you might need to use this option if you have changed your X11 configuration in some way.

Console Mode

Stop the X-server and return the system to console mode. This is achieved by bringing the system down to run-level 3. Typically, the system manager might need to use this option before upgrading or re-configuring X11 software.

Pressing the "OK" button initiates the selected action; pressing the "Cancel" button returns to the main KDM dialogue box.

The next chapter explains how to configure KDM. Subsequent chapters describe how to configure your system in order to use KDM, how to build and install KDM from source, and how to learn more about KDM and the KDE project.