%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ GDM The GDM package contains GNOME's Display Manager daemon. This is useful for allowing configurable graphical logins. &lfs70_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; Additional Downloads Required patch: Required patch: GDM Dependencies Required , , , , and Required (runtime) and either or and (for the Greeter Window Manager). Recommended (Required for Shutdown/Restart functionality), and Optional (required to run the testsuite), and 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 -fg 21 gdm && useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /var/lib/gdm -u 21 \ -g gdm -s /bin/false gdm Install GDM by running the following commands as an unprivileged user: patch -Np1 -i ../gdm-&gdm-version;-vt-allocation-hack-1.patch && patch -Np1 -i ../gdm-&gdm-version;-blfs-patch-1.patch && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gdm \ --with-at-spi-registryd-directory=/usr/lib/at-spi2-core \ --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 --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gdm: This parameter is used so that the GDM internal support programs are installed in the preferred location of /usr/lib/gdm instead of /usr/libexec. /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 GConf 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, gdmflexiserver and gdm-screenshot libgdmgreeter.so and libgdmsimplegreeter.so /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d, /etc/gdm, /usr/include/gdm, /usr/lib/gdm, /usr/share/gdm, /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm, /usr/share/omf/gdm and /var/{cache,lib,log,run}/gdm Short Descriptions gdm is the GNOME based login prompt. gdm gdmflexiserver is the flexi server mechanism which allows to run GDM sessions on demand, in a new virtual console. gdmflexiserver gdm-screenshot is a screenshot tool. gdm-screenshot