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08-24-2005	#1 (permalink)
psychobuffalo Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7	Start with xfce GUI I am using xfce for my wm, which runs normally when I start it manually, but I would like to start my system with the xfce graphical login. I have changed the run level to 5, but the system still starts with the command line login. Obviously I am missing something - what would that be?

08-24-2005	#2 (permalink)
Corvair Just Joined! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 39	First, I think it is Runlevel 5, now for the login manager, are you using GDM, KDM, or XDM, or something else? GDM: Gnome Display Manager KDM: KDE Display Manager XDM: X Display Manager

08-24-2005	#3 (permalink)
hamburger123 Linux Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 111	I think you might need to install a display manager like Corvair said.

08-24-2005	#4 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Arch Linux Posts: 12,685	I generally use XDM and the /home/<username>/.xinitrc file to start xfce4. XDM is capable of being modified to look very nice, and you don't have all those dependencies that come with GDM and KDE. Here's an example .xinitrc file for you: Code: #!/bin/sh # # ~/.xinitrc # # Executed by startx (run your window manager from here) # exec startxfce4

08-26-2005

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psychobuffalo

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Thanks for the responses - it was a display manager that I needed, and I went with gdm.

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Originally Posted by Ozar

I generally use XDM and the /home/<username>/.xinitrc file to start xfce4. XDM is capable of being modified to look very nice, and you don't have all those dependencies that come with GDM and KDE.

Can you point me to a good tutorial for customizing xdm?

08-27-2005	#6 (permalink)
hamburger123 Linux Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 111	Hmm, I was recently looking for one of these, but didn't find anything in particular. One website had a program to help with it, but I didn't look too much into it. What I did do though, was edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources to position the window, change the color, etc. I found a list of things you can edit from here, search for "xlogin"

08-27-2005

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ozar

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Quote:

Originally Posted by psychobuffalo

Can you point me to a good tutorial for customizing xdm?

Here's another XDM customization link for you:

http://www2.linuxjournal.com/article/3325

...and more tips on XDM about two-thirds the way down on this page:

http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/1089/2221/

08-27-2005	#8 (permalink)
borromini Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,429	I don't know if XDM can be customized to a big extent. If I were you, I'd take GDM or KDM, and change those. I know you can do that, and they're more popular than XDM. So you'll have more chance finding a good tutorial. __________________ Registered Linux User # 393717 and proud of it Check out www.zenwalk.org Zenwalk 2.8 - Xfce 4.4 beta 2- 2.6.17.6 kernel = Slack on steroids!