[SOLVED] NO login managers on root login(and root only)

[gforum]

simply my questions is, how do it start a login manager(say... gdm) when anyone in the group "users" logs in, but NOT on system startup, or therfore root login... if i login as root i dont want the bloody login manager in the way, just my peaceful tty.

i imagine im gonna have to edit something in rc.conf(im using baselayout2), but im not certain.
since regular users cant start it via bash_profile, i really dont know where to look next, but im no gentoo/linux expert.

any hint is appreciated,

cheers

[disi]

One more question, how does the system know which user you use before login?
Or do you mean after you did the shell login, X should automatically start for normal users?

then you could sime put this at the end of /etc/profile

[gforum]

my idea was?
if i log as root, on startup i get the regular shell, this is good for debuggin... login managers get in the way fo me reading the full log... >.<
and if i or anyone logs as a regular user the get a login manager, or as you put it startx.

oh, and yeah i know about the default run level iw as using rc-update add login mngr default to have it brought up as soon as the system starts.

maybe there is a better idea...
the truth is that i wanted the user `friendlyness` of the login man. for the regular user and the rawness of the tty for root.

thanks again,

cheers

edit:thats not exactly what i wanted, but ill give your script a shot

[timeBandit]

As disi pointed out, the system can't know which user you are before you log in. It's difficult to log in as root and have the login manager drop back to a tty because it would have to stop the X server (and thus itself).

Virtual terminals are ideal for this--I do this often (root on console, user on GUI). Leave xdm in your default runlevel and when you want to login as root, press Ctrl+Alt+Fn first (n=1-6) to select a VT not managed by GDM (or whatever). After you log out, press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to switch back to the display manager.
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[gforum]

thats right, forgot about that... i feel stupid now.

anyways, the solution i used was

[disi]

For a fancy login with mouse etc. you could use Qingy. I use it myself, it starts instead of agetty in framebuffer. then you can decide to start X or login to console.

http://qingy.sourceforge.net/