[hllug] Re: Autologin in Xfce.

  • From: Don Crowder <dondashguitar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:01:33 -0500

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:23:41 -0500
Bubba's Geek <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Don Crowder wrote:
> > I'm using KateOS on a 450 MHz, P3 machine.  Kate uses Xfce and works very 
> > nicely on older hardware but I'd like it better if I didn't have to log in 
> > every time I turn it on.  I'm used to being able to set systems up to log 
> > in automatically with GDM or KDM but I can't find an analogous application 
> > in Xfce.  I was able to install GDM with Kate's package manager but I can't 
> > figure out how to invoke it so the system is still using it's default login 
> > window (whatever that is).  Any suggestions?
> >   
> 
> On Ubuntu, the default display manager is set in the following text flle:
> /etc/X11/default-display-manager
> 
> Inside the file, a single line which says:
> /usr/sbin/gdm
> 
> So, you might see if KateOS has a similar file and contents in the
> "/etc/X11" directory.    
> 

Thanks Lee, I'll check.
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