Changeset 1def00f for x/dm/sddm.xml

Timestamp:

08/01/2015 11:47:07 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

Fernando de Oliveira <fernando@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

fc580439

Parents:

7b88d5a

Message:

• Several fixes for the files in the Chapter "Display Managers"; patch sent by Bruce Dubbs. Thanks! Fix 3 for #6639.
• Added instruction to install the sddm bootscript. Fix 2 for #6639.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@16313 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/dm/sddm.xml (modified) (11 diffs)

x/dm/sddm.xml

@@ -36 +36 @@
     <para>
       The <application>SDDM</application> package contains a lightweight
-      display manager written in <application>Qt</application> and QML.
+      display manager based upon <application>Qt</application> and QML.
     </para>
 
@@ -107 +107 @@
 
     <para>
-      It is recommended to have a dedicated user and group to take
+      First, create a dedicated user and group to take
       control of the <command>sddm</command> daemon after it is
       started. Issue the following commands as the
@@ -114 +114 @@
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 64 sddm &amp;&amp;
-useradd -c "SDDM Daemon Owner" -d /var/lib/sddm -u 64 \
-        -g sddm -s /bin/false sddm</userinput></screen>
+useradd -c "SDDM Daemon" -d /var/lib/sddm -u 64 -g sddm -s /bin/false sddm</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
@@ -150 +149 @@
     <para>
       <parameter>-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release</parameter>: This switch is used to
-      apply higher level of the compiler optimizations.
+      apply additional compiler optimizations.
     </para>
 
@@ -162 +161 @@
   <sect2 role="configuration">
     <title>Configuring SDDM</title>
+
+    <sect3 id="sddm-bootscript">
+      <title>Boot Script</title>
+
+      <para>
+        Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sddm</filename> init script from
+        the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
+      </para>
+
+      <indexterm zone="sddm sddm-bootscript">
+        <primary sortas="f-sddm">sddm</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-sddm</userinput></screen>
+
+    </sect3>
 
     <sect3>
@@ -191 +206 @@
 # End /etc/pam.d/sddm</literal>
 EOF
+
 cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
 <literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin
@@ -209 +225 @@
 # End /etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin</literal>
 EOF
+
 cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/sddm-greeter &lt;&lt; "EOF"
 <literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/sddm-greeter
@@ -229 +246 @@
 
       <para>
-        You can manually start <command>sddm</command>, e.g, if the bootscript
-        has been installed, by running, as <systemitem
+        If the sddm bootscript has been installed, start it by running, as
+        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sddm start</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        By convertion, X should be executed at runlevel 5, consequently, the
+        same is true for <application>sddm</application>. However, LFS default
+        runlevel is 3. Changing to runlevel 5, from a console terminal, as
+        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, starts the
+        <command>sddm</command> bootscript, bringing up the greeter screen:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>init 5</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        In order to permanently set the default to 5, starting the
+        <command>sddm</command> greeter screen automatically, modify
+        <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>.  As the <systemitem
         class="username">root</systemitem> user:
-      </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sddm start</userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>
-        By definition, X should be executed at runlevel 5, consequently, the
-        same is true for <application>sddm</application>. However, BLFS default
-        runlevel is 3. Changing to runlevel 5, from the terminal, as
-        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, makes the
-        <command>sddm</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>sddm</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>
 
@@ -279 +293 @@
         <seg>
           $QT5DIR/qml/SddmComponents,
-          /usr/share/sddm and
+          /usr/share/sddm, and
           /var/lib/sddm
         </seg>
@@ -295 +309 @@
           <para>
             is a display and login manager based on
-            <application>Qt</application> technologies.
+            <application>Qt</application> libraries.
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="sddm sddm-prog">
@@ -308 +322 @@
           <para>
             is an auxiliary process that displays the greeter,
-            a graphical user interface to perform the
-            authentication and select the session to run.
+            a graphical user interface that performs user
+            authentication and initiates the selected window manager
+            or display environment.
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="sddm sddm-greeter">