%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ GDM The GDM package contains GNOME's Display Manager daemon. This is useful for allowing configurable graphical logins. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gdm-md5sum; Download size: &gdm-size; Estimated disk space required: &gdm-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gdm-time; GDM Dependencies Required , and Optional and It is recommended to have a dedicated user and group to take control of the gdm-binary daemon after it is started. Issue the following commands as the root user: groupadd -g 21 gdm && useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /dev/null \ -g gdm -s /bin/bash -u 21 gdm Install GDM by running the following commands as an unprivileged user: ./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \ --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin \ --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --localstatedir=/var/lib \ --with-pam-prefix=/etc && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && chmod -v 644 `pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`\ /share/gdm/BuiltInSessions/default.desktop \ `pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`\ /share/xsessions/gnome.desktop --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This command puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. --localstatedir=/var/lib: This command puts files in /var/lib instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/var. This also has the downside affect of using /var/lib/log/gdm as the log directory. See the Configuration Information section below for information how to relocate the log file directory. --with-pam-prefix=/etc: This command puts PAM configuration files in /etc/pam.d instead of /etc/gnome. /etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf /etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf If desired, change the directory containing the GDM log files to the /var/log hierarchy by modifying the /etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf configuration file as the root user: sed -i "s|var/lib/log|var/log|" /etc/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf The GDM PAM config files contain modules not present in a BLFS installation. The following commands will replace those files (issue as the root user): cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm << "EOF" auth required pam_unix.so auth required pam_unix.so auth required pam_nologin.so account required pam_unix.so password required pam_unix.so session required pam_unix.so EOF cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin << "EOF" auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_nologin.so auth required pam_permit.so account required pam_unix.so password required pam_unix.so session required pam_unix.so EOF /etc/pam.d/gdm /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin gdm can be tested by executing it from a root console. To start a graphical login at boot, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm init script included in the package. If your GNOME_PREFIX environment variable is anything other than /usr or /opt/gnome-2.10, you will need to modify the PATH statement in the script to include the path where you have GNOME installed. gdm make install-gdm To autostart with a graphical login, edit /etc/inittab so that the line containing: id:3:initdefault: is changed to: id:5:initdefault: Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gdm, gdm-binary, gdmXnest, gdmXnestchooser, gdmchooser, gdmflexiserver, gdmgreeter, gdmlogin, gdmphotosetup, gdmsetup, gdmthemetester, gdm-restart, gdm-safe-restart, gdm-stop, gdmconfig, gdmopen, and gdmtranslate None /etc/gnome/dm, /etc/gnome/gdm, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gdm, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome/capplets, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome/help/gdm, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/omf/gdm, $GNOME_PREFIX/share/xsessions, /var/lib/gdm and /var/log/gdm Short Descriptions gdm is a wrapper script to execute the GDM binary, the configurable GNOME based login prompt. gdm gdmchooser is an application for selecting XDMCP enabled hosts on the local network. gdmchooser gdmsetup is a graphical interface to edit the gdm.conf file. gdmsetup gdm-restart sends the HUP signal to the GDM daemon so that it restarts. It's used after the config file is edited gdm-restart gdm-safe-restart sends the USR1 signal to the GDM daemon so that it restarts. It's used after the config file is edited. gdm-safe-restart gdmconfig is an application for managing the configuration of the entire GDM applications suite. It handles look and feel, security, XDMCP, GDMchooser and more. gdmconfig