Index: gnome/desktop/gdm.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+
+  <!ENTITY gdm-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gdm/3.12/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.xz">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gdm/3.12/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.xz">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-md5sum        "88cb6fcd8f35d60f0f7ffcd15d074c1f">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-size          "1.5 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-buildsize     "65 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gdm-time          "0.5 SBU">
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="gdm" xreflabel="GDM-&gdm-version;">
+  <?dbhtml filename="gdm.html"?>
+
+  <sect1info>
+    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
+    <date>$Date$</date>
+  </sect1info>
+
+  <title>GDM-&gdm-version;</title>
+
+  <indexterm zone="gdm">
+    <primary sortas="a-GDM">GDM</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+
+  <sect2 role="package">
+    <title>Introduction to GDM</title>
+
+    <para>
+      <application>GDM</application> is a system service that is
+      responsible for providing graphical logins and managing local
+      and remote displays.
+    </para>
+
+    &lfs75_checked;
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
+    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gdm-download-http;"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gdm-download-ftp;"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Download MD5 sum: &gdm-md5sum;
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Download size: &gdm-size;
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Estimated disk space required: &gdm-buildsize;
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Estimated build time: &gdm-time;
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GDM Dependencies</bridgehead>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
+    <para role="required">
+      <xref linkend="accountsservice"/>,
+      <xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
+      <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>, and
+      <xref linkend="gtk3"/>
+    </para>
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
+    <para role="recommended">
+      <xref linkend="upower"/>
+    </para>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
+    <para role="optional">
+      <xref linkend="check"/>
+    </para>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
+    <para role="required">
+      <xref linkend="systemd"/>,
+      <xref linkend="gnome-session"/>, and 
+      <xref linkend="gnome-shell"/>
+    </para>
+
+    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gdm"/>
+    </para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="installation">
+    <title>Installation of GDM</title>
+
+    <para>
+      It is recommended to have a dedicated user and group to take
+      control of the <command>gdm</command> daemon after it is
+      started. Issue the following commands as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+    </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 21 gdm &amp;&amp;
+useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /var/lib/gdm -u 21 \
+        -g gdm -s /bin/false gdm &amp;&amp;
+usermod -a -G audio gdm &amp;&amp;
+usermod -a -G video gdm</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      Install <application>GDM</application> by running the following
+      commands:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --localstatedir=/var \
+            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gdm \
+            --with-initial-vt=7 \
+            --with-at-spi-registryd-directory=/usr/lib/at-spi2-core \
+            --with-authentication-agent-directory=/usr/lib/polkit-gnome \
+            --with-check-accelerated-directory=/usr/lib/gnome-session \
+            --disable-static &amp;&amp;
+make</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      If you have installed <xref linkend="check"/> and you wish to run
+      the testsuite, issue: <command>make check</command>.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+    </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
+chown -R -v gdm:gdm /var/lib/gdm /var/cache/gdm /var/log/gdm</userinput></screen>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="commands">
+    <title>Command Explanations</title>
+
+    <para>
+      <parameter>--with-initial-vt=7</parameter>: This switch
+      causes <application>GDM</application> to start on vt7
+      instead of the first free VT.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <parameter>--with-*-directory=...</parameter>: These switches
+      specify the location of programs that are used at runtime.
+    </para>
+
+    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
+
+    <para>
+      <parameter>--with-default-pam-config=lfs</parameter>: Use this
+      switch if you did not create <filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename>
+      or distribution auto detection will fail and you will be unable
+      to use <application>GDM</application>.
+    </para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="configuration">
+    <title>Configuring GDM</title>
+
+    <sect3 id="gdm-config">
+      <title>Config Files</title>
+
+      <para>
+        <filename>/etc/gdm/custom.conf</filename>
+      </para>
+
+      <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-config">
+        <primary sortas="e-etc-gdm-custom.conf">
+        /etc/gdm/custom.conf</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+    <sect3>
+      <title>Configuration Information</title>
+
+      <para>
+        The GDM daemon is configured using the
+        <filename>/etc/gdm/custom.conf</filename> file.
+        Default values are stored in GSettings in the
+        <filename>gdm.schemas</filename> file. It is recommended that end-users
+        modify the <filename>/etc/gdm/custom.conf</filename> file
+        because the schemas file may be overwritten when the user updates their
+        system to have a newer version of GDM.
+      </para>
+
+      <important>
+        <para>
+          If the system-wide <application>D-BUS</application> daemon was
+          running during the installation of <application>gdm</application>,
+          ensure you stop and restart the <application>D-BUS</application>
+          daemon before attempting to start <command>gdm</command>.
+        </para>
+      </important>
+
+      <para>
+        <command>gdm</command> can be tested by executing it as the
+        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user. If you wish to stop
+        it you will need to go to a different tty and then kill it.
+      </para>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+    <sect3 id="gdm-init">
+      <title>Boot Script</title>
+
+      <para>
+        To start a graphical login when the system is booted, install the
+        <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm</filename> init script included in the
+        <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
+      </para>
+
+      <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-init">
+        <primary sortas="f-gdm">gdm</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-gdm</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>
+        Now edit <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> with the following
+        command.
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i 's/id:3:initdefault:/id:5:initdefault:/' \
+    /etc/inittab</userinput></screen>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="content">
+    <title>Contents</title>
+
+    <segmentedlist>
+      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
+
+      <seglistitem>
+        <seg>
+          gdm and gdm-screenshot
+        </seg>
+        <seg>
+          libgdm.so and libgdmsimplegreeter.so
+        </seg>
+        <seg>
+          /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d,
+          /etc/gdm,
+          /usr/include/gdm,
+          /usr/lib/gdm,
+          /usr/share/gdm,
+          /usr/share/help/*/gdm,
+          /var/cache/gdm,
+          /var/gdm,
+          /var/lib/gdm,
+          /var/log/gdm and
+          /var/run/gdm
+        </seg>
+      </seglistitem>
+    </segmentedlist>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+      <varlistentry id="gdm-prog">
+        <term><command>gdm</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            is the <application>GNOME</application> based login prompt.
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-prog">
+            <primary sortas="b-gdm">gdm</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="gdm-screenshot">
+        <term><command>gdm-screenshot</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            is a <application>GDM</application> screenshot tool.
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="gdm gdm-screenshot">
+            <primary sortas="b-gdm-screenshot">gdm-screenshot</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
