%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ GDM GDM is a system service that is responsible for providing graphical logins and managing local and remote displays. &lfs72_checked; 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 Recommended , and Optional Runtime Dependencies , and either or User Notes: It is recommended to have a dedicated user and group to take control of the gdm daemon after it is started. Issue the following commands as the root user: groupadd -g 21 gdm && useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /var/lib/gdm -u 21 \ -g gdm -s /bin/false gdm && usermod -a -G audio gdm && usermod -a -G video gdm Install GDM by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gdm \ --with-initial-vt=7 \ --with-at-spi-registryd-directory=/usr/lib/at-spi2-core \ --with-authentication-agent-directory=/usr/lib/polkit-gnome \ --with-check-accelerated-directory=/usr/lib/gnome-session \ --with-consolekit-directory=/usr/lib/ConsoleKit \ --disable-static && make If you have installed and you wish to run the testsuite, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install && chown -R -v gdm:gdm /var/lib/gdm /var/cache/gdm /var/log/gdm --with-initial-vt=7: This switch causes GDM to start on vt7 instead of first free VT. --with-*-directory=...: These switches specify location of programs that are used at runtime. --with-default-pam-config=lfs: Use this switch if you did not create /etc/lfs-release or distribution auto detection will fail and you will be unable to use GDM. /etc/gdm/custom.conf /etc/gdm/custom.conf The GDM daemon is configured using the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file. Default values are stored in GSettings in the gdm.schemas file. It is recommended that end-users modify the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file because the schemas file may be overwritten when the user updates their system to have a newer version of GDM. If the system-wide D-BUS daemon was running during the installation of gdm, ensure you stop and restart the D-BUS daemon before attempting to start gdm. gdm can be tested by executing it as the root user. If you wish to stop it you will need to go to a different tty and then kill it. To start a graphical login when the system is booted, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm init script included in the package. gdm make install-gdm Now edit /etc/inittab with the following commands. sed -i 's/id:3:initdefault:/id:5:initdefault:/' \ /etc/inittab Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gdm and gdm-screenshot libgdm.so and libgdmsimplegreeter.so /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d, /etc/gdm, /usr/include/gdm, /usr/lib/gdm, /usr/share/gdm, /usr/share/help/*/gdm, /var/cache/gdm, /var/gdm, /var/lib/gdm, /var/log/gdm and /var/run/gdm Short Descriptions gdm is the GNOME based login prompt. gdm gdm-screenshot is a GDM screenshot tool. gdm-screenshot