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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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[0ed3f7f] | 7 | <!ENTITY gdm-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.6/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gdm-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.6/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gdm-md5sum "8dca7cb1f28d81f60f6e07b3c24288c5">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gdm-size "3.2 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gdm-buildsize "44 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gdm-time "0.48 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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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>GDM-&gdm-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="gdm">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-GDM">GDM</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to GDM</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>GDM</application> package contains
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| 33 | <application>GNOME</application>'s Display Manager daemon. This is
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| 34 | useful for allowing configurable graphical logins.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gdm-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gdm-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gdm-md5sum;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &gdm-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gdm-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &gdm-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GDM Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 61 | <para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
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| 62 | <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/> and
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| 63 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/></para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 66 | <para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>,
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| 67 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/> and
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| 68 | <ulink url="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">SELinux</ulink></para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | </sect2>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 73 | <title>Installation of GDM</title>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <para>Install <application>GDM</application> by running
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| 76 | the following commands:</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <screen><userinput>groupadd gdm &&
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[bd0a1b0] | 79 | useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /dev/null -g gdm -s /bin/bash gdm &&
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[9d2dc4e2] | 80 | ./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
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| 81 | --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin \
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| 82 | --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --localstatedir=/var/lib \
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| 83 | --with-pam-prefix=/etc &&
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| 84 | make &&
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[0ed3f7f] | 85 | make install</userinput></screen>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 86 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 87 | </sect2>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 88 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 89 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 90 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 91 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 92 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This command puts
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| 93 | configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename>
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| 94 | instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 95 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 96 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This command
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| 97 | puts files in <filename class="directory">/var/lib</filename> instead of
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| 98 | <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var</filename>.</para>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 99 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 100 | <para><parameter>--with-pam-prefix=/etc</parameter>: This command puts
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| 101 | <application>PAM</application> configuration files in
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| 102 | <filename class="directory">/etc/pam.d</filename> instead of
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| 103 | <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename>.</para>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 104 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 105 | </sect2>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 106 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 107 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 108 | <title>Configuring GDM</title>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 109 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 110 | <sect3 id="gdm-config">
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| 111 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 112 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 113 | <para><filename>/etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf</filename></para>
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[9d2dc4e2] | 114 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 115 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-config">
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| 116 | <primary sortas="e-etc-gnome-gdm-gdm.conf">/etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf</primary>
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| 117 | </indexterm>
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[bd0a1b0] | 118 |
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[0ed3f7f] | 119 | </sect3>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect3>
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| 122 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para>The <application>GDM</application> <application>PAM</application>
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| 125 | config files contain modules not present in a BLFS installation. The
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| 126 | following commands will replace those files:</para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm << "EOF"
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| 129 | <literal>auth required pam_unix.so
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[9d2dc4e2] | 130 | auth required pam_nologin.so
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| 131 | account required pam_unix.so
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| 132 | password required pam_unix.so
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[0ed3f7f] | 133 | session required pam_unix.so</literal>
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| 134 | EOF
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| 135 | cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin << "EOF"
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| 136 | <literal>auth required pam_env.so
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[9d2dc4e2] | 137 | auth required pam_nologin.so
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| 138 | auth required pam_permit.so
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| 139 | account required pam_unix.so
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| 140 | password required pam_unix.so
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[0ed3f7f] | 141 | session required pam_unix.so</literal>
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| 142 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-config">
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| 145 | <primary sortas="e-etc-pam.d-gdm">/etc/pam.d/gdm</primary>
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| 146 | </indexterm>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-config">
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| 149 | <primary
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| 150 | sortas="e-etc-pam.d-gdm-autologin">/etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <para><command>gdm</command> can be tested by executing it from a
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| 154 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> console.</para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | </sect3>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <sect3 id="gdm-init">
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| 159 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <para>To start a graphical login at boot, install the
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| 162 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm</filename> init script included in the
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| 163 | <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-init">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="f-gdm">gdm</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-gdm</userinput></screen>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <para>To autostart with a graphical login, edit
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| 172 | <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> so that the line containing:</para>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <screen><literal>id:3:initdefault:</literal></screen>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <para>is changed to:</para>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <screen><literal>id:5:initdefault:</literal></screen>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | </sect3>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | </sect2>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 185 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <segmentedlist>
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| 188 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 189 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 190 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <seglistitem>
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| 193 | <seg>gdm, gdm-binary, gdmXnest, gdmXnestchooser, gdmchooser,
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| 194 | gdmflexiserver, gdmgreeter, gdmlogin, gdmphotosetup, gdmsetup,
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| 195 | gdmthemetester, gdm-restart, gdm-safe-restart, gdm-stop,
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| 196 | gdmconfig, gdmopen, and gdmtranslate</seg>
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| 197 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 198 | <seg>Not determined at this time</seg>
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| 199 | </seglistitem>
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| 200 | </segmentedlist>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <variablelist>
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| 203 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 204 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 205 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <varlistentry id="gdm-prog">
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| 208 | <term><command>gdm</command></term>
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| 209 | <listitem>
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| 210 | <para>is a wrapper script to execute the
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| 211 | <application>GDM</application> binary, the configurable
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| 212 | <application>GNOME</application> based login prompt.</para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-prog">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="b-gdm">gdm</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <varlistentry id="gdmchooser">
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| 220 | <term><command>gdmchooser</command></term>
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| 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>is an application for selecting XDMCP enabled hosts on
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| 223 | the local network.</para>
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| 224 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdmchooser">
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| 225 | <primary sortas="b-gdmchooser">gdmchooser</primary>
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| 226 | </indexterm>
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| 227 | </listitem>
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| 228 | </varlistentry>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <varlistentry id="gdmsetup">
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| 231 | <term><command>gdmsetup</command></term>
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| 232 | <listitem>
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| 233 | <para>is a graphical interface to edit the
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| 234 | <filename>gdm.conf</filename> file.</para>
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| 235 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdmsetup">
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| 236 | <primary sortas="b-gdmsetup">gdmsetup</primary>
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| 237 | </indexterm>
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| 238 | </listitem>
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| 239 | </varlistentry>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <varlistentry id="gdm-restart">
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| 242 | <term><command>gdm-restart</command></term>
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| 243 | <listitem>
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| 244 | <para>sends the HUP signal to the <application>GDM</application>
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| 245 | daemon so that it restarts. It's used after the config file
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| 246 | is edited</para>
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| 247 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-restart">
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-gdm-restart">gdm-restart</primary>
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| 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <varlistentry id="gdm-safe-restart">
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| 254 | <term><command>gdm-safe-restart</command></term>
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| 255 | <listitem>
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| 256 | <para>sends the USR1 signal to the <application>GDM</application>
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| 257 | daemon so that it restarts. It's used after the config file
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| 258 | is edited.</para>
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| 259 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-safe-restart">
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| 260 | <primary sortas="b-gdm-safe-restart">gdm-safe-restart</primary>
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| 261 | </indexterm>
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| 262 | </listitem>
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| 263 | </varlistentry>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <varlistentry id="gdmconfig">
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| 266 | <term><command>gdmconfig</command></term>
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| 267 | <listitem>
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| 268 | <para>is an application for managing the configuration of the
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| 269 | entire <application>GDM</application> applications suite. It
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| 270 | handles look and feel, security, XDMCP, GDMchooser and more.</para>
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| 271 | <indexterm zone="gdm gdmconfig">
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| 272 | <primary sortas="b-gdmconfig">gdmconfig</primary>
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| 273 | </indexterm>
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| 274 | </listitem>
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| 275 | </varlistentry>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | </variablelist>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | </sect2>
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[91557b0] | 280 |
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| 281 | </sect1>
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