On 08/17/2015 04:19 AM, Mike - st257 wrote: > Hello List Members, > > I decided to install C7 KDE on a workstation for a friend of mine. Works > great, but the post-boot KDE splash screen (light blue and has 3 or more up > ^ arrows that move from the lower center upwards) is a bit of a frustration > for that person. I've determined that one can press the Escape key and move > from that bluish splash to the login screen. (And at one point rolling the > wheel on the mouse worked too, but didn't consistently cause the transition > from splash to login screen.) > > At this point I think it's more ideal to just disable the splash screen and > instead have the system go straight to the login screen (where user names > are listed). Can that be done? > > Here's to hoping a KDE user or two on this list knows a solution. ;-) > > Thanks! Since this is pre-login, it's the display manager's splash screen, not the desktop environment's. I'm typing this on a C7 laptop under KDE, but I still use GDM as display manager - and I don't see that splash screen you describe (though I may have configured it away, I can't remember). Which DM are you using?