source: lxde/apps/lxdm.xml@ 761b96b

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!-- Place this in the general.ent file
  <!ENTITY TEMPLATE-version "">
  -->

  <!ENTITY lxdm-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/lxdm/lxdm-&lxdm-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY lxdm-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY lxdm-md5sum        "a51686720e606ca456d7f56ae4159d1f">
  <!ENTITY lxdm-size          "232 KB">
  <!ENTITY lxdm-buildsize     "4.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY lxdm-time          "less than 0.1 SBU ">
]>

<sect1 id="lxdm" xreflabel="LXDM-&lxdm-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="lxdm.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>LXDM-&lxdm-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="lxdm">
    <primary sortas="a-LXDM">LXDM</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to LXDM</title>

    <para>
      The <application>LXDM</application> is a lightweight Display Manager for
      the <application>LXDE</application> desktop. It can also be used as an
      alternative to other Display Managers such as
      <application>GNOME's</application> <application>GDM</application> or
      <application>KDE's</application> <application>KDM</application>.
    </para>

    &lfs76_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&lxdm-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&lxdm-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &lxdm-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &lxdm-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &lxdm-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &lxdm-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">LXDM Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
      <xref linkend="iso-codes"/> and
      <xref linkend="librsvg"/> (runtime, for default theme background)
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
     <xref linkend="consolekit"/> and
     <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
    </para>
    
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gtk3"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/lxdm"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of LXDM</title>

    <para>
      First, some fixes.
    </para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; pam/lxdm &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
<literal>#%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</literal>
EOF

sed -i 's:sysconfig/i18n:profile.d/i18n.sh:g' data/lxdm.in &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's:/etc/xprofile:/etc/profile:g' data/Xsession &amp;&amp;
sed -e 's/^bg/#&amp;/' -e '/reset=1/ s/# //' \
    -e 's/logou$/logout/' -i data/lxdm.conf.in</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Install <application>LXDM</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --with-pam        \
            --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <!--Optional section-->
  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>cat &gt; pam/lxdm &lt;&lt; "EOF" ...</command>: Replace default
      <filename>/etc/pam.d/lxdm</filename> by another one appropriate for BLFS.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i ... data/lxdm.conf.in</command>: Three modifications in
      the default configuration: (1) fix the background to the default one; (2)
      restart X when session is close; and (3) typo.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i ... data/Xsession</command>: Source
      <filename>/etc/profile</filename>, instead of other file, according to
      BLFS standard.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i ... data/lxdm.in</command>: Fix greeter's locale for BLFS
      specification.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--with-pam</option>: This option enables use of pam
      authentication.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no</option>: BLFS does not support
      systemd.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring LXDM</title>

   <sect3 id="lxdm-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para>
        <filename>/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf</filename>
      </para>

      <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-lxdm-lxdm.conf">/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

   <sect3 id="lxdm-init">
      <title>Boot Script</title>

      <para>
        Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lxdm</filename> init script from
        the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
      </para>

      <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-init">
        <primary sortas="f-lxdm">lxdm</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-lxdm</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

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

      <para>
        The LXDM daemon configuration <filename>/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf</filename>
        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 <command>startlxde</command>
        with your session of choice. For <application>GNOME</application>
        session=/usr/bin/gnome-session.  For <application>OPENBOX</application>
        session=/usr/bin/openbox-session and for
        <application>XFCE</application> session=/usr/bin/startxfce4.
      </para>

      <para>
        It is also possible to set the preferred session on a per-user basis by
        editing the ~/.dmrc file for each user and adding:
        <screen><literal>[Desktop]
        Session=xfce</literal></screen>
      </para>

      <para>
        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 <filename>.face</filename>.
      </para>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Starting lxdm</title>

      <para>
        You can manually start <command>lxdm</command>, e.g, if the bootscript
        has been installed, by running, as <systemitem
        class="username">root</systemitem> user:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lxdm start</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        By definition, X should be executed at runlevel 5, consequently, the
        same is true for <application>lxdm</application>. However, BLFS default
        runlevel is 3. Changing to runlevel 5, from the terminal, as
        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, makes the
        <command>lxdm</command> bootscript to be executed, obtaining the
        greeter screen:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>init 5</userinput></screen>

      <para>
          In order to permanently set the default to 5, obtaining the
          <command>lxdm</command> greeter screen automatically, you can modify
          <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>, as <systemitem
          class="username">root</systemitem> user (the instructions below also
          make a backup, so you can easily revert the modification):
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v /etc/inittab{,-orig} &amp;&amp;
sed -i '/initdefault/ s/3/5/' /etc/inittab</userinput></screen>

      <para>
          One important script, executed after login, is
          <filename>/etc/lxdm/Xsession</filename>, which we have fixed to fit
          BLFS specifications.
      </para>

    </sect3>
  
  </sect2>
  <!--Required section-->
  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          lxdm, lxdm-binary and lxdm-config, and, under /usr/libexec/,
          lxdm-greeter-gdk, lxdm-greeter-gtk, lxdm-numlock, and lxdm-session.
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/lxdm and
          /usr/share/lxdm
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <!-- If the program or library name conflicts (is the same) as the
      package name, add -prog or -lib to the varlistentry entity id
      and the 2nd entry of the indexterm zone entity -->

      <varlistentry id="lxdm-prog">
        <term><command>lxdm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a script to execute <command>lxdm-binary</command>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-lxdm">lxdm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lxdm-bin">
        <term><command>lxdm-binary</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
             is the actual Display Manager; needs to be executed with option
             <option>-d</option> to daemonize
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-bin">
            <primary sortas="b-lxdm">lxdm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lxdm-config-prog">
        <term><command>lxdm-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a graphical customizing program
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-config">
            <primary sortas="b-lxdm">lxdm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lxdm-greeter-gtk">
        <term><command>lxdm-greeter-gtk</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the graphical login greeter, where, between other options, user
            name is chosen and password is typed (if not in auto login mode)
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-greeter-gtk">
            <primary sortas="b-lxdm">lxdm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lxdm-numlock">
        <term><command>lxdm-numlock</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a program to set the numlock key, if so defined in
            <filename>/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf</filename>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-numlock">
            <primary sortas="b-lxdm">lxdm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>