Hi group,

I've installed recently Slackware 10.1 on my company's web server. This
instalation shows a login graphical interface (if I use X) that let me
restart the server without need to login.
I've got onother Slackware server (version 9.1) that shows a graphical
interface that has got a yellow flower and where we can choose what
graphical system we want to use (I prefer KDE), but this server don't let
me shutdown the server without login as root.
I've intalled Slackware 10.1 on my laptop and I was expecting to have the
same interface that let me restart/shutdown the server without login but
surprisingly the graphical interface is the same as Slackware 9.1. How can
I get diferent graphical interfaces to login if I've used the same
instalation CDs?
How can I change the graphical login interface?

Best regards,

Nuno Paquete

Nuno Paquete wrote :

> How can I change the graphical login interface?

First find which login manager is used:
ps aux | grep '[xgk]dm'

And then you can change it by editing /etc/rc.d/rc.4
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:29:52 +0000, Nuno Paquete wrote:

> I get diferent graphical interfaces to login if I've used the same
> instalation CDs?
> How can I change the graphical login interface?

Well, you need to make sure the desktop manager you want is installed.
(grep '/bin/[xkg]dm' /var/log/packages/* - for that, or some such.)

One of those is stated from: /etc/rc.d/rc.6 Hence have a read through
there, and change the order as you see fit (or comment-out the other(s)).

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Nuno Paquete wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> I've installed recently Slackware 10.1 on my company's web server. This
> instalation shows a login graphical interface (if I use X) that let me
> restart the server without need to login.
> I've got onother Slackware server (version 9.1) that shows a graphical
> interface that has got a yellow flower and where we can choose what
> graphical system we want to use (I prefer KDE), but this server don't let
> me shutdown the server without login as root.
> I've intalled Slackware 10.1 on my laptop and I was expecting to have the
> same interface that let me restart/shutdown the server without login but
> surprisingly the graphical interface is the same as Slackware 9.1. How can
> I get diferent graphical interfaces to login if I've used the same
> instalation CDs?
> How can I change the graphical login interface?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nuno Paquete

That sounds like GDM which is default in Slackware (I don't know why).
What I do is change gdm for kdm by switching the order in /etc/rc.d/rc.4

Swap them like so that rc.4 reads more like this.

# Not there? OK, try to use KDE's kdm session manager:
if [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kdm ]; then
exec /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
fi

# Not there? OK, try to use KDE's kdm session manager:
if [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kdm ]; then
exec /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
fi

Richard

You can disable graphics log in by editing /etc/inittab.
If you want to change gdm, use - gsmconfig
if you want to use kdm, just ininstall dgm and
leave kdm at the default.

Wayne.
Lampiasi@Bellsouth.Net


Nuno Paquete wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> I've installed recently Slackware 10.1 on my company's web server. This
> instalation shows a login graphical interface (if I use X) that let me
> restart the server without need to login.
> I've got onother Slackware server (version 9.1) that shows a graphical
> interface that has got a yellow flower and where we can choose what
> graphical system we want to use (I prefer KDE), but this server don't let
> me shutdown the server without login as root.
> I've intalled Slackware 10.1 on my laptop and I was expecting to have the
> same interface that let me restart/shutdown the server without login but
> surprisingly the graphical interface is the same as Slackware 9.1. How can
> I get diferent graphical interfaces to login if I've used the same
> instalation CDs?
> How can I change the graphical login interface?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:29:52 +0000, Nuno Paquete wrote:

> How can I change the graphical login interface?

As root, run "xwmconfig".

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Nuno Paquete wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> I've installed recently Slackware 10.1 on my company's web server. This
> instalation shows a login graphical interface (if I use X) that let me
> restart the server without need to login.

Sounds like kdm...

> I've got onother Slackware server (version 9.1) that shows a graphical
> interface that has got a yellow flower and where we can choose what
> graphical system we want to use (I prefer KDE), but this server don't let
> me shutdown the server without login as root.

Sounds like gdm ( Gnome's display manager ) is running...

> I've intalled Slackware 10.1 on my laptop and I was expecting to have the
> same interface that let me restart/shutdown the server without login but
> surprisingly the graphical interface is the same as Slackware 9.1. How can
> I get diferent graphical interfaces to login if I've used the same
> instalation CDs?

So you want kdm instead of gdm...

> How can I change the graphical login interface?

Look in /etc/rc.d/rc.4 - By default it starts display managers in the
following order :
gdm, kdm, xdm

Make sure kdm is installed :-) then edit rc.4...You can either comment
out the gdm lines, or change the order so that kdm is *before* gdm.
Just watch any updates/upgrades that touch rc.4, since your changes may
get overwritten.

I have also started kdm/gdm on systems that defaulted to runlevel 3 by
adding an entry to rc.local. I think this may be technically incorrect,
but never seemed to cause problems on my systems...


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On 2005-03-21, Matt Payton <mattpayton@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have also started kdm/gdm on systems that defaulted to runlevel 3 by
> adding an entry to rc.local. I think this may be technically incorrect,
> but never seemed to cause problems on my systems...

It is incorrect to the extent that on Slack boxes rc.local runs in every
multiuser runlevel (2345). It is called by rc.M. So if you wanted
runlevel 2 to be text-only, for example, you'd be SOL.

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Matt Payton <mattpayton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Make sure kdm is installed :-) then edit rc.4...You can either comment
> out the gdm lines, or change the order so that kdm is *before* gdm.

Or just remove the x-bits from gdm (it is tested with [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ])
so then you don't have to edit any rc scripts at all.
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:40:56 -0800, Keith Keller wrote:

> On 2005-03-21, Matt Payton <mattpayton@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have also started kdm/gdm on systems that defaulted to runlevel 3 by
>> adding an entry to rc.local. I think this may be technically incorrect,
>> but never seemed to cause problems on my systems...
>
> It is incorrect to the extent that on Slack boxes rc.local runs in every
> multiuser runlevel (2345). It is called by rc.M. So if you wanted
> runlevel 2 to be text-only, for example, you'd be SOL.
>

So it does. I knew there was a reason that wasn't "the right way". I
just never noticed as I don't think I've ever used runlevels other than
1,3 and 4, and I never added it on any system that defaulted to 4.

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