[SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

AurosGamma · 2011-11-07 16:14:38

Well... I've been some time away from the community due to personal problems, but now I'm back.
I've installed KDE 4.7.3 and everything is working fine, except for KDM, it looks ugly and un-themed, the background is black and the login panel looks very simple.

The installed version of kdebase-workspace is 4.7.3-3.

I'm starting KDM through inittab, not as a daemon, here is the file:

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)	Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty6 linux

# Serial Virtual Console for KVM and others VMs
#s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 9600 ttyS0 linux

# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 hvc0 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1

# End of file

And rc.conf:

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "", "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
#   Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged, using "" makes hwclock fall back
#   to the value in /var/lib/hwclock/adjfile
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
#   Note: if unset, the value in /etc/localtime is used unchanged
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="America/Caracas"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
#   Replace every !module by an entry as on the following line in a file in
#   /etc/modprobe.d:
#     blacklist module
#   See "man modprobe.conf" for details.
#
MODULES=()

# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30

# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"

# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="ahost"

# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Wired network setup
#   - interface: name of device (required)
#   - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
#   - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP) (optional, defaults to 255.255.255.0)
#   - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP) (optional)
#   - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
# 
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# broadcast=192.168.0.255
# gateway=192.168.0.1
#
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=

interface=
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=

# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"

# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
# If something other takes care of your hardware clock (ntpd, dual-boot...)
# you should disable 'hwclock' here.
#
DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng dbus !network networkmanager netfs @alsa crond)

I tried selecting other themes from the login screen properties in KDE system settings, but the other themes looks ugly too. I reinstalled KDM but the problem persist, so, I need some help here

Regards

Last edited by AurosGamma (2011-11-07 23:35:45)

ksovi · 2011-11-07 16:40:31

same here, no background by default, but the login screen is the usual one.
i start kdm as daemon though

toad · 2011-11-07 16:42:05

Get a nice arch theme from the AUR and do a kdesu systemsettings to change the login screen

birdflesh · 2011-11-07 17:12:27

The default background is contained in kde-wallpapers package. If this is missing the black background is normal.

AurosGamma · 2011-11-07 17:23:39

@toad Thanks for the advice of starting systemsettings with kdesu, I tried to install some themes a while ago but I couldn't, now I can
@birdflesh I'm going to download the package and report back the results

Last edited by AurosGamma (2011-11-07 17:24:33)

AurosGamma · 2011-11-07 22:15:24

Well, I installed kdeartwork-wallpapers, but the problem persists. Maybe the problem is the default theme or something? Because I installed some themes from AUR and they are working fine.

arojas · 2011-11-07 22:17:08

It's kde-wallpapers, not kdeartwork-wallpapers

AurosGamma · 2011-11-07 23:35:09

arojas wrote:

It's kde-wallpapers, not kdeartwork-wallpapers

Oops! I swear that I've searched for that package first but I got no results, only the one from kdeartwork, but now I found it, installed it, and everything is fine now.
You now what is weird? I've installed KDE many times and I never had this problem. Thanks for you time.

Regards

Arch Linux

#1 2011-11-07 16:14:38

[SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

#2 2011-11-07 16:40:31

Re: [SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

#3 2011-11-07 16:42:05

Re: [SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

#4 2011-11-07 17:12:27

Re: [SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

#5 2011-11-07 17:23:39

Re: [SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

#6 2011-11-07 22:15:24

Re: [SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

#7 2011-11-07 22:17:08

Re: [SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

#8 2011-11-07 23:35:09

Re: [SOLVED] KDM Looks Un-Themed, KDE 4.7.3

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