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\hypersetup{pdfauthor={CentOS Documentation SIG},%
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pdftitle={KDE Display Manager (KDM)},%
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pdfsubject={CentOS Corporate Visual Identity}%
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\title{KDE Display Manager (KDM)}
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\author{CentOS Documentation SIG}
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\begin{document}
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\maketitle
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\begin{abstract}
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This article describes the KDM Visual Style for CentOS Distribution.
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KDE Display Manager (KDM) is the second choice defined as CentOS
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Display Manager. If users leave their computers on all the time and
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don't share their system, they won't see this as often as users who
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share a desktop system with other users on the system or laptop users
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who reboot and login more frequently.
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Copyright \copyright\ 2010\ The CentOS Project. Permission is
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granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the
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terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later
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version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
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Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the
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license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
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License''.
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\end{abstract}
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\tableofcontents
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\section{Workplace}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item SVN:trunk/Identity/Themes/\$THEME/Distro/BootUp/KDM/
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\item SVN:trunk/Translations/Identity/Themes/Distro/BootUp/KDM/
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\item SVN:trunk/Scripts/Identity/Themes/Distro/BootUp/KDM/
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\end{itemize}
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\section{Theme}
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\input{table-theme.tex}
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\section{Design}
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The centos-release.png and screenshot.png images are rendered for each
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major release of CentOS. This task is done using the script render.sh
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available in the workplace. This script creates the appropriate PNG
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images under img/\$VERSION/ directory.
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The background.png image is taken from Backgrounds section. This task
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is done using the script build.sh available in the workplace. This
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script collects all information needed, groups it and stores it under
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tgz/\$VERSION/\$RESOLUTION/ with the form \$THEME.tar.gz.
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Whith the build.sh script you can create KDM themes for specific
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CentOS major releases, and inside each major release for specific
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screen resolutions.
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KDM theme uses the same standard that GDM theme does. More information
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about GDM theming is available in the \textit{GNOME Display Manager
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Reference Manual}. This guide is available online and inside your
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system's help. As shortcut to get that help, you can run the following
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command:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item gnome-help file:///usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/C/gdm.xml\#thememanual
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\section{Configuration}
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\input{table-config.tex}
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\begin{description}
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\item[Theme]: In the file \emph{kdmrc}, \texttt{Theme} defines which
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is the KDM theme used by default.
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\texttt{Theme=/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/Modern/}
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\item[UseTheme]: In the file \emph{kdmrc}, \texttt{UseTheme} defines
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the precedence of background. If true KDM theme background image takes
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precedence against KDM background.
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\texttt{UseTheme=true}
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\item[Wallpaper]: In the file \emph{backgroundrc}, \texttt{Wallpaper}
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defines the default configuration for KDM background.
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\texttt{Wallpaper=/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default.png}
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\end{description}
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The background image used on KDM is one file, and the background image
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used on KDM theme is another file. Even they are independent files,
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the monolithic visual structure requires the same visual information
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in these images.
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More information about KDE login screen, KDM and its configuration can
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be found in KDE help. As shortcut to get that help, you can run the
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following commands:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item khelpcenter help:/kdm/login.html
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\item khelpcenter help:/kdm/configuring-kdm.html
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\item khelpcenter help:/kdm/kdm-files.html
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\end{itemize}
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\section{Rendering}
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\section{Testing}
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\section{Issues}
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\begin{description}
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\item[Transition from Greeter to Desktop]: If KDE desktop background
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and KDM background are the same (and they should because the
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monolithic visual structure) the transition from login screen to
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desktop is ``smooth'' because the background image is always visible
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on the screen.
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\item[Differences between KDM and GDM themes]: KDM and GDM
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themes\footnote{It refers to the \emph{.xml} files and its related
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files.} are basically the same except for the following differences:
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item KDM theme requires the ``user-entry'' and ``pw-entry'' stocks.
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This forces the using of two boxes, one for username and one for
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password. This boxes are visibly appart one from another. In GDM we
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use just one box (the ``user-pw-entry'' stock), both for
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username and password.
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\item In KDM theme, messages were centered on the screen to fit the
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KDM two-boxes design. In GDM they are centered to the
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``user-pw-entry'' stock width.
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\item In KDM theme, the ``language'' stock shows nothing. It creates
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an empty space in the screen. The language block was commented to save
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space on the screen. In GDM laguage buttom is present and when clicked
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a box pops up with a list of languages to choose.
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\item Both KDM and GDM themes use the same font defintion in the
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\emph{.xml} file, but in presentation they look quiet different. For
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example the KDM clock's \emph{Sans 10 Bold} theme definition does not
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take effect. Probably font definition in \emph{kdmrc} file takes
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precedence against theme's one.
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\end{enumerate}
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\item[Different resolutions]: Designing of KDM theme needs to be
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expandable through different screen resolutions. By default, KDM theme
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uses a background image of 2048x1536 pixels. When screen resolution
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changes the predifined behaviour is to scale this image to fit the
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current display resolution. If the screen resolution is higher, or
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differs in ratio (for example when it is a wide screens) the design of
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KDM theme could loose quality or look different from the original one.
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As a workaround, if KDM theme looks narrow or deformed to you, use the
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build.sh script to create the KDM theme in your specific screen
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resolution.
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\item[KDM theme installation]: To install a KDM theme you need to copy
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its files from the workplace to its location in the filesytem. If you
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want to make that KDM theme your default one, then you also need to
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update the KDM configuration files to match your theme location. Both
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of these actions require you to have \emph{root} privileges.
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\item[Default Display Manager]: By default KDM is the second display
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manager choice\footnote{See the file \emph{/etc/X11/prefdm}.}. To use
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KDM as first choise, run the following command (as \emph{root}) and
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\texttt{echo "DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE" > /etc/sysconfig/desktop}
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\item[Package content]: CentOS Default KDM Theme seems to be inside
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the package redhat-artwork. In contrast with GDM which has some files in
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redhat-logos and others in redhat-artwork. Could we standardize this ?
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All files in just one package (redhat-artwork) or files divided in two
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packages (redhat-artwork, and redhat-logos).
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\end{description}
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% License section
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\input{../../../../../Licenses/GFDL.tex}
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\end{document}
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