[hllug] Re: Autologin in Xfce.
- From: Administrator <admin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:48:39 -0500
Don Crowder wrote:
> 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.
> -
Here's a little more info that may help:
Fedora uses a script name "prefdm" found here: "/etc/X11/prefdm"
The script is then called from /etc/inittab" when runlevel 5 is activated.
Many distributions should still use "inittab".
-Lee
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