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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[9d2dc4e2] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[45698ce] | 7 | <!ENTITY gdm-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.8/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gdm-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.8/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gdm-md5sum "2944ba9c2a2bf7032ac81dc24eecf32d">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gdm-size "2.7 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gdm-buildsize "51.7 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gdm-time "0.7 SBU">
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[9d2dc4e2] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[91557b0] | 15 | <sect1 id="gdm" xreflabel="GDM-&gdm-version;">
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[0ed3f7f] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="gdm.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[c72d5551] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">gdm-&gdm-version;.tar</keyword>
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[e7307aa1] | 23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">gdm</keyword>
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[c72d5551] | 24 | </keywordset>
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[0ed3f7f] | 25 | </sect1info>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <title>GDM-&gdm-version;</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <indexterm zone="gdm">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-GDM">GDM</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to GDM</title>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>The <application>GDM</application> package contains
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| 37 | <application>GNOME</application>'s Display Manager daemon. This is
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| 38 | useful for allowing configurable graphical logins.</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gdm-download-http;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gdm-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gdm-md5sum;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download size: &gdm-size;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gdm-buildsize;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated build time: &gdm-time;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </itemizedlist>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GDM Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[c72d5551] | 65 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
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[0ed3f7f] | 66 | <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/> and
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| 67 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/></para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[c72d5551] | 70 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/> and
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[45698ce] | 71 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>
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[0ed3f7f] | 72 |
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| 73 | </sect2>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 76 | <title>Installation of GDM</title>
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| 77 |
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[1ab6a6c9] | 78 | <para>It is recommended to have a dedicated user and group to take
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[cec675bd] | 79 | control of the <command>gdm-binary</command> daemon after it is
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| 80 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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[1ab6a6c9] | 81 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 82 |
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[b785ab29] | 83 | <screen role='root'><userinput>groupadd -g 21 gdm &&
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[45698ce] | 84 | useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /dev/null \
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| 85 | -g gdm -s /bin/bash -u 21 gdm</userinput></screen>
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[1ab6a6c9] | 86 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 87 | <para>Install <application>GDM</application> by running
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[1ab6a6c9] | 88 | the following commands as an unprivileged user:</para>
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[0ed3f7f] | 89 |
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[1ab6a6c9] | 90 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
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[9d2dc4e2] | 91 | --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin \
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| 92 | --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --localstatedir=/var/lib \
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| 93 | --with-pam-prefix=/etc &&
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[1ab6a6c9] | 94 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 99 |
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[74e10d0] | 100 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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[6fa0029] | 101 | chmod -v 644 `pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`\
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[45698ce] | 102 | /share/gdm/BuiltInSessions/default.desktop \
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| 103 | `pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`\
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[74e10d0] | 104 | /share/xsessions/gnome.desktop</userinput></screen>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 105 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 106 | </sect2>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 107 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 108 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 109 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 110 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 111 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This command puts
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| 112 | configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename>
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| 113 | instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 114 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 115 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This command
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| 116 | puts files in <filename class="directory">/var/lib</filename> instead of
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[cec675bd] | 117 | <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var</filename>. This also has
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| 118 | the downside affect of using
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| 119 | <filename class='directory'>/var/lib/log/gdm</filename> as the log
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| 120 | directory. See the <quote>Configuration Information</quote> section below
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[1ab6a6c9] | 121 | for information how to relocate the log file directory.</para>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 122 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 123 | <para><parameter>--with-pam-prefix=/etc</parameter>: This command puts
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| 124 | <application>PAM</application> configuration files in
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| 125 | <filename class="directory">/etc/pam.d</filename> instead of
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| 126 | <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename>.</para>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 127 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 128 | </sect2>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 129 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 130 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 131 | <title>Configuring GDM</title>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 132 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 133 | <sect3 id="gdm-config">
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| 134 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 135 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 136 | <para><filename>/etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf</filename></para>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 137 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 138 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-config">
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| 139 | <primary sortas="e-etc-gnome-gdm-gdm.conf">/etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf</primary>
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| 140 | </indexterm>
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[bd0a1b0] | 141 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 142 | </sect3>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <sect3>
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| 145 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 146 |
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[3102d0f] | 147 | <para>Change the directory containing the <application>GDM</application>
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| 148 | log files to the <filename class='directory'>/var/log</filename>
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| 149 | hierarchy by creating a directory and modifying the
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| 150 | <filename>/etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf</filename> configuration file. Issue
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| 151 | the following commands as the
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| 152 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /var/log/gdm &&
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| 155 | sed -i "s|var/lib/log|var/log|" /etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf</userinput></screen>
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[1ab6a6c9] | 156 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 157 | <para>The <application>GDM</application> <application>PAM</application>
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| 158 | config files contain modules not present in a BLFS installation. The
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[cec675bd] | 159 | following commands will replace those files (issue as the
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[1ab6a6c9] | 160 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):</para>
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[0ed3f7f] | 161 |
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| 162 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm << "EOF"
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| 163 | <literal>auth required pam_unix.so
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[9d2dc4e2] | 164 | auth required pam_nologin.so
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| 165 | account required pam_unix.so
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| 166 | password required pam_unix.so
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[0ed3f7f] | 167 | session required pam_unix.so</literal>
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[45698ce] | 168 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 169 | EOF
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| 170 | cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin << "EOF"
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| 171 | <literal>auth required pam_env.so
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[9d2dc4e2] | 172 | auth required pam_nologin.so
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| 173 | auth required pam_permit.so
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| 174 | account required pam_unix.so
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| 175 | password required pam_unix.so
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[0ed3f7f] | 176 | session required pam_unix.so</literal>
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[45698ce] | 177 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 178 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-config">
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| 181 | <primary sortas="e-etc-pam.d-gdm">/etc/pam.d/gdm</primary>
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| 182 | </indexterm>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-config">
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| 185 | <primary
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| 186 | sortas="e-etc-pam.d-gdm-autologin">/etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin</primary>
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| 187 | </indexterm>
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| 188 |
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[3565e02] | 189 | <para id="gdm-config-dbus">If you have <application>D-BUS</application>
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| 190 | installed and you want to start the session
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| 191 | <application>D-BUS</application> daemon when you start the GNOME desktop
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| 192 | environment using <command>gdm</command>, you'll need to create a new
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| 193 | Xsession file. Create the file using the following command as the root
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| 194 | user.</para>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > $GNOME_PREFIX/share/xsessions/gnome-dbus.desktop << "EOF"
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| 197 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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| 198 | Encoding=UTF-8
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| 199 | Name=GNOME with D-BUS
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| 200 | Comment=GNOME Desktop with D-BUS support
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| 201 | Exec=dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
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| 202 | TryExec=/usr/bin/dbus-launch
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| 203 | Icon=
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| 204 | Type=Application</literal>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <para>Choose this session using the session selection dialog on the
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| 209 | display manager login screen. You also have the opportunity to make this
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| 210 | your default session.</para>
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| 211 |
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[cbf206e] | 212 | <note>
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| 213 | <para>You may use the <filename class='extension'>.desktop</filename>
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| 214 | file created above as an example to create additional
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| 215 | <filename class='extension'>.desktop</filename> files and add any other
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| 216 | desired items to the <application>GDM</application> display manager session
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| 217 | selection menu.</para>
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| 218 | </note>
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| 219 |
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[3565e02] | 220 | <para><command>gdm</command> can be tested by executing it as the
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| 221 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. Use the
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| 222 | <command>gdm-stop</command> command if you wish to stop the display
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| 223 | manager.</para>
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[0ed3f7f] | 224 |
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| 225 | </sect3>
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| 226 |
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[1ab6a6c9] | 227 | <sect3 id="gdm-init">
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[0ed3f7f] | 228 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <para>To start a graphical login at boot, install the
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| 231 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm</filename> init script included in the
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[5254d12] | 232 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package. If your
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[94cc990] | 233 | <envar>GNOME_PREFIX</envar> environment variable is anything other than
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| 234 | <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> or
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[3565e02] | 235 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome-&gnome-version;</filename>, you
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| 236 | will need to modify the <envar>PATH</envar> statement in the script to
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| 237 | include the path where you have <application>GNOME</application>
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| 238 | installed.</para>
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[0ed3f7f] | 239 |
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| 240 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-init">
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| 241 | <primary sortas="f-gdm">gdm</primary>
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| 242 | </indexterm>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-gdm</userinput></screen>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <para>To autostart with a graphical login, edit
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| 247 | <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> so that the line containing:</para>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <screen><literal>id:3:initdefault:</literal></screen>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <para>is changed to:</para>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <screen><literal>id:5:initdefault:</literal></screen>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | </sect3>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | </sect2>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 260 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <segmentedlist>
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| 263 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 264 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 265 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <seglistitem>
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| 268 | <seg>gdm, gdm-binary, gdmXnest, gdmXnestchooser, gdmchooser,
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| 269 | gdmflexiserver, gdmgreeter, gdmlogin, gdmphotosetup, gdmsetup,
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| 270 | gdmthemetester, gdm-restart, gdm-safe-restart, gdm-stop,
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| 271 | gdmconfig, gdmopen, and gdmtranslate</seg>
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| 272 | <seg>None</seg>
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[cec675bd] | 273 | <seg>/etc/gnome/dm, /etc/gnome/gdm,
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[1ab6a6c9] | 274 | $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gdm,
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| 275 | $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome/capplets,
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| 276 | $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome/help/gdm,
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| 277 | $GNOME_PREFIX/share/omf/gdm,
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| 278 | $GNOME_PREFIX/share/xsessions,
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| 279 | /var/lib/gdm and /var/log/gdm</seg>
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[0ed3f7f] | 280 | </seglistitem>
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| 281 | </segmentedlist>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <variablelist>
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| 284 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 285 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 286 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <varlistentry id="gdm-prog">
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| 289 | <term><command>gdm</command></term>
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| 290 | <listitem>
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| 291 | <para>is a wrapper script to execute the
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| 292 | <application>GDM</application> binary, the configurable
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| 293 | <application>GNOME</application> based login prompt.</para>
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| 294 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-prog">
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| 295 | <primary sortas="b-gdm">gdm</primary>
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| 296 | </indexterm>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 | </varlistentry>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <varlistentry id="gdmchooser">
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| 301 | <term><command>gdmchooser</command></term>
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| 302 | <listitem>
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| 303 | <para>is an application for selecting XDMCP enabled hosts on
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| 304 | the local network.</para>
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| 305 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdmchooser">
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| 306 | <primary sortas="b-gdmchooser">gdmchooser</primary>
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| 307 | </indexterm>
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| 308 | </listitem>
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| 309 | </varlistentry>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <varlistentry id="gdmsetup">
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| 312 | <term><command>gdmsetup</command></term>
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| 313 | <listitem>
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| 314 | <para>is a graphical interface to edit the
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| 315 | <filename>gdm.conf</filename> file.</para>
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| 316 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdmsetup">
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| 317 | <primary sortas="b-gdmsetup">gdmsetup</primary>
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| 318 | </indexterm>
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| 319 | </listitem>
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| 320 | </varlistentry>
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| 321 |
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| 322 | <varlistentry id="gdm-restart">
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| 323 | <term><command>gdm-restart</command></term>
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| 324 | <listitem>
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| 325 | <para>sends the HUP signal to the <application>GDM</application>
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| 326 | daemon so that it restarts. It's used after the config file
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| 327 | is edited</para>
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| 328 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-restart">
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| 329 | <primary sortas="b-gdm-restart">gdm-restart</primary>
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| 330 | </indexterm>
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| 331 | </listitem>
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| 332 | </varlistentry>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <varlistentry id="gdm-safe-restart">
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| 335 | <term><command>gdm-safe-restart</command></term>
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| 336 | <listitem>
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| 337 | <para>sends the USR1 signal to the <application>GDM</application>
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| 338 | daemon so that it restarts. It's used after the config file
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| 339 | is edited.</para>
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| 340 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-safe-restart">
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| 341 | <primary sortas="b-gdm-safe-restart">gdm-safe-restart</primary>
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| 342 | </indexterm>
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| 343 | </listitem>
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| 344 | </varlistentry>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <varlistentry id="gdmconfig">
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| 347 | <term><command>gdmconfig</command></term>
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| 348 | <listitem>
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| 349 | <para>is an application for managing the configuration of the
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| 350 | entire <application>GDM</application> applications suite. It
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| 351 | handles look and feel, security, XDMCP, GDMchooser and more.</para>
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| 352 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdmconfig">
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| 353 | <primary sortas="b-gdmconfig">gdmconfig</primary>
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| 354 | </indexterm>
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| 355 | </listitem>
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| 356 | </varlistentry>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | </variablelist>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | </sect2>
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[91557b0] | 361 |
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