%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ LXDM The LXDM is a lightweight Display Manager for the LXDE desktop. It can also be used as an alternative to other Display Managers such as GNOME's GDM or KDE's KDM. &lfs77_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &lxdm-md5sum; Download size: &lxdm-size; Estimated disk space required: &lxdm-buildsize; Estimated build time: &lxdm-time; LXDM Dependencies Required , and (runtime, for default theme background) Recommended and Optional User Notes: First, some fixes. cat > pam/lxdm << "EOF" && #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_unix.so auth requisite pam_nologin.so account required pam_unix.so password required pam_unix.so session required pam_unix.so EOF sed -i 's:sysconfig/i18n:profile.d/i18n.sh:g' data/lxdm.in && sed -i 's:/etc/xprofile:/etc/profile:g' data/Xsession && sed -e 's/^bg/#&/' \ -e '/reset=1/ s/# //' \ -e 's/logou$/logout/' \ -e "/arg=/a arg=$XORG_PREFIX/bin/X" \ -i data/lxdm.conf.in Install LXDM by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --with-pam \ --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install cat > pam/lxdm << "EOF" ...: Replace default /etc/pam.d/lxdm by another one appropriate for BLFS. sed -i ... data/lxdm.conf.in: Modifications in the default configuration: (1) fix the background to the default one; (2) restart X when session is close; (3) typo; and (4) include XORG_PREFIX, which may be different from /usr. sed -i ... data/Xsession: Source /etc/profile, instead of other file, according to BLFS standard. sed -i ... data/lxdm.in: Fix greeter's locale for BLFS specification. --with-pam: This parameter enables use of pam authentication. --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no: BLFS does not support systemd. /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/lxdm init script from the package. lxdm make install-lxdm The LXDM daemon configuration /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf file options includes numlock on/off, backgraound image (bg), session, etc. You can set a default session by uncommenting the line: session=/usr/bin/startlxde and replacing startlxde with your session of choice. For GNOME session=/usr/bin/gnome-session. For OPENBOX session=/usr/bin/openbox-session and for XFCE session=/usr/bin/startxfce4. It is also possible to set the preferred session on a per-user basis by editing the ~/.dmrc file for each user and adding: [Desktop] Session=xfce You can replace the default dummy face in the greeting screen by other image representing your user. For that, copy or symlink the desired image to your home directory, with the name .face. You can manually start lxdm, e.g, if the bootscript has been installed, by running, as root user: /etc/rc.d/init.d/lxdm start By definition, X should be executed at runlevel 5, consequently, the same is true for lxdm. However, BLFS default runlevel is 3. Changing to runlevel 5, from the terminal, as root user, makes the lxdm bootscript to be executed, obtaining the greeter screen: init 5 In order to permanently set the default to 5, obtaining the lxdm greeter screen automatically, you can modify /etc/inittab, as root user (the instructions below also make a backup, so you can easily revert the modification): cp -v /etc/inittab{,-orig} && sed -i '/initdefault/ s/3/5/' /etc/inittab One important script, executed after login, is /etc/lxdm/Xsession, which we have fixed to fit BLFS specifications. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories lxdm, lxdm-binary and lxdm-config, and, under /usr/libexec/, lxdm-greeter-gdk, lxdm-greeter-gtk, lxdm-numlock, and lxdm-session. None /etc/lxdm and /usr/share/lxdm Short Descriptions lxdm is a script to execute lxdm-binary lxdm lxdm-binary is the actual Display Manager; needs to be executed with option -d to daemonize lxdm lxdm-config is a graphical customizing program lxdm lxdm-greeter-gtk is the graphical login greeter, where, between other options, user name is chosen and password is typed (if not in auto login mode) lxdm lxdm-numlock is a program to set the numlock key, if so defined in /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf lxdm