source: gnome/other/gdm/gdm-config.xml@ 219baf1

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>GDM</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/opt/gnome2/gdm.conf</filename>, <filename>/opt/gnome2/gnomerc</filename></para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>The <application>GDM</application> <application>PAM</application>
config files contain modules not present in a <acronym>BLFS</acronym>
installation.  The following commands will replace those files:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/gdm &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
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
<command>EOF
cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
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
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para><command>gdm</command> can be tested by executing it from a root console.</para>

<para>To start a graphical login at boot, install <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm</filename>
init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make install-gdm</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To autostart with a graphical login, edit
<filename>/etc/inittab</filename> so that the line reading</para>
<screen>id:3:initdefault:</screen>
<para>is changed to</para>
<screen>id:5:initdefault:</screen>

</sect3>

</sect2>