gdm autologins and custom x sessions

JoeyJoeJo

I have a working ~/.xsession file. When I'm in GDM and I select custom session and type in a username and password, it works perfectly. What I want to do now is to have that user automatically log in and run that custom xsession file without having to press anything on the keyboard. Right now when I set the user to auto login, it logs into this grey screen with one window that has four buttons in it. How do I make it log onto the custom xsession by default?

cokey · Advocate Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 3355

you mean it logs you into xdm?
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JoeyJoeJo · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:23 am Post subject:

I'm not sure what it logs me into, so I guess it could be xdm. I'm not to familiar with xdm.

cokey · Advocate Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 3355

gdm = gnome login
kdm = kde login
xdm = grey 10 year old looking login. Looks similar to windowmaker
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JoeyJoeJo · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:40 am Post subject:

Well, what I see is a grey screen, but I can't log in. If I click with the mouse, it will bring up an xterm. But thats beside the point. I really just need to know how to set gdm to use my ~/.xsession when the user logs in.

cokey · Advocate Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 3355

wtf, thats twm :lol:

Thats a window manager. Is it greenish with a clock?
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