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ShadyMilkman
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 Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 12:08 am Post subject: Simple Question: GDM for fluxbox |
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Well I know pretty much how to do this, but I have some questions:
1) I really want to use GDM ( after seeing this: http://www.lucidus.uklinux.net/gdm/screenshot-800x600.png )
Can I get GDM w/o emerging Gnome? (I'm not at my home computer right now but I seem to remember kdm being integrated into the kde ebuild and there being no seperate one).
2) Well... I'll probly be able to figure this out after I get it, but to save me some time... How do I get it to use fluxbox? |
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turbonium
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| Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 2:58 am Post subject: Glad you asked. . . |
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Just did this myself today. . . not quite straightforward as one would think. . .
1. Emerge xdm & gdm
2. rc-update add xdm default (yes, xdm is correct here!)
3. Modify /etc/rc.conf, uncomment DISPLAYMANAGER, and change to gdm
***FILE START***
# What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm ]
DISPLAYMANAGER=gdm
***FILE END***
4. Modify /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox. Thanks to MarkG for the pointer here!
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=2414&highlight=xsession
This is blank. . . I had some problems with the way MarkG handled his, so I took out a lot of his code (I use tcsh as my shell). GDM will ignore ~home/.xinitrc (startx uses this file however).
***FILE START***
#!/bin/sh
startup=$HOME/.xsession
#xsession
if [ -f "$startup" ]; then
if [ -x "$startup" ]; then
source "$startup" &
else
source /bin/sh "$startup" &
fi
fi
# And finally we'll start fluxbox,
/usr/bin/fluxbox
***FILE END***
5. Modify ~home/.xsession to run whatever apps you want launched with fluxbox. Here's a copy of mine. . .
***FILE START***
xscreensaver &
gkrellm -w &
***FILE END***
6. That's it! Reboot and log in. Don't forget to set fluxbox as your default windows manager for subsequent logins. . .You can configure how GDM looks by clicking on the System button at the bottom of the GDM login screen and select configure. You'll need to know root's password. |
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kachaffeous
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Martin
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Do | Code: | | emerge --pretend gdm |
and see that although there's a lot of it, there's a lot less than | Code: | | emerge --pretend gnome |
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Martin
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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turbonium, I tried to follow your method but ran into some problems.
I rebooted and was loaded into GDM, but after logging it I was presented with the following error:
| Quote: | | Could not find the GNOME installation, will try running the "Failsafe xterm" session. |
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance. |
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turbonium
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Once you have the GDM login screen, don't just log in. 
You need to select Fluxbox as your session choice. Otherwise, I think it tries to default to gnome (which isn't installed). |
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ShadyMilkman
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 5:58 pm Post subject: Thanks! |
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| Hey I got it working. I alread had all of the gnome-libs (?) so an emerge -p gdm yielded only "gdm" and compiled in a minute or so. It's awesome... although I wish you could configure the graphical greeter the same way you can to the standard... oh well. |
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Martin
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| turbonium wrote: | Once you have the GDM login screen, don't just log in.
You need to select Fluxbox as your session choice. Otherwise, I think it tries to default to gnome (which isn't installed). |
Doh! There's my problem... it's not in the menu. (Theres last, xsession, failsafe Gnome and xterm)
Should I be picking XSession, or should there be an option for Flux?
Thanks again for your patience.
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echu
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Create a file called /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox
Inside the file, have whatever you want executed, i.e.:
| Code: | xscreensaver &
gkrellm -w &
/usr/bin/fluxbox |
also, try running gdmsetup, which gives you a gui config tool for gdm. That should be able to address what you're looking for. |
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Martin
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| Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the feedback echu.
| echu wrote: | Create a file called /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox
Inside the file, have whatever you want executed, i.e.:
| Code: | xscreensaver &
gkrellm -w &
/usr/bin/fluxbox |
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Yep - I got that file exactly like above.
| Quote: | | also, try running gdmsetup, which gives you a gui config tool for gdm. That should be able to address what you're looking for. |
What exactly am I looking for?
I seem to be messing something up here.. GDM loads okay, but flux doesn't after a login.
For those that have it working - what session WM do you have chosen? Do I need to somehow add a flux option?
Thanks agian.  |
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kachaffeous
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| Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2002 3:33 am Post subject: |
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Create a file called /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox
Inside the file, have whatever you want executed, i.e.:
Code:
xscreensaver &
gkrellm -w &
/usr/bin/fluxbox
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change the fluxbox line to this
exec /usr/bin/fluxbox
that should work
also check your error logs. |
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echu
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| Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2002 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | What exactly am I looking for? |
Sorry about that!! The file i meant was /usr/share/gdm/gdmconfig, if your directories are set up in a default manner.
Under the expert menu, there's a tab called Login sessions, and I thought that might help. If its not in the menu, this should get it in the menu for you, hopefully!
Also, not sure if this might make a difference, but the file permissions on /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox - readable/executable by all users? It might be worth a shot, just | Code: | | chmod --reference=Gnome fluxbox |
Hope you get it figured out soon! |
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Martin
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| Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2002 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the input!
| Quote: | change the fluxbox line to this
exec /usr/bin/fluxbox |
Changed.
| echu wrote: | Also, not sure if this might make a difference, but the file permissions on /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox - readable/executable by all users? It might be worth a shot, just | Code: | | chmod --reference=Gnome fluxbox |
Hope you get it figured out soon! |
You guys rock. With the above two things (although I think it was more due to the permissions problem) I got everything working.
fluxbox now even appears in the Session menu...
The culprit: no x access on /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox (is it just me who presses tab when writing that out in here? )
A million thanks! |
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