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Guinney
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 Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 3:18 am Post subject: Letting non root users launch KDM/GDM |
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I start my sytem to the command prompt only. What files would I have to change the permissions on so non root users can launch kdm/gdm
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zhenlin
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No, you want GUI to come up automatically, do as root "rc-update add xdm default" and tweak /etc/rc.conf
Non root users should not start a login manager. Non root should only use startx. To tweak which session startx starts, edit /etc/rc.conf |
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alyent
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How do I make kde to start with startx without kdm???
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billethius
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edit your .xinitrc file to read:
exec startkde |
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EzInKy
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Create a file .xinitrc in the user's home directory and put a line in it like this
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Then the user can start the window manager with:
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zhenlin
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Or better yet, tweak /etc/rc.conf:
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# tail -n20 /etc/rc.conf
# XSESSION is a new variable to control what window manager to start
# default with X if run with xdm, startx or xinit. The default behavior
# is to look in /etc/X11/Sessions/ and run the script in matching the
# value that XSESSION is set to. The support scripts is smart enouth to
# look in all bin directories if it cant find a match in /etc/X11/Sessions/,
# so setting it to "enligtenment" can also work. This is basically used
# as a way for the system admin to configure a default system wide WM,
# allthough it will work if the user export XSESSION in his .bash_profile, etc.
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# NOTE: this behaviour is overridden when a ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession exists
# for the particular program run ( ~/.xinitrc for startx, ... ).
#
# Defaults depending on what you install currently include:
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# Gnome - will start gnome-session
# kde-<version> - will start startkde (ex: kde-3.0.2)
# Xsession - will start a terminal and a few other nice apps
#XSESSION=Gnome
XSESSION=wmaker
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