GDM and KDM

[Social Burn]

Hiya,

I've been using Slack for about 6 months now,

And something that has been bothering me is I can't run KDM or GDM as anyone BUT root. Clearly you all know why this is a problem, as I hate running as root.

I've tried chmodding, and I figured that wouldn't work anyways.

Can you help? I like the extra features GNOME gives you if you run GDM.

[espiesior]

Hmmm... you actually have to run GDM or KDM... I set up the runlevel at boot time to be 4 in the /etc/inittab so it automatically loads for me... strange....

[Vergil83]

Hmmm... you actually have to run GDM or KDM... I set up the runlevel at boot time to be 4 in the /etc/inittab so it automatically loads for me... strange....

by default Slackware is runlevel 3, which does require you to run GDM or KDM

[Vergil83]

Hiya,

I've been using Slack for about 6 months now,

And something that has been bothering me is I can't run KDM or GDM as anyone BUT root. Clearly you all know why this is a problem, as I hate running as root.

I've tried chmodding, and I figured that wouldn't work anyways.

Can you help? I like the extra features GNOME gives you if you run GDM.

if you want to stay in run level 3, you can still

startx

and it will load the default WM

[Megatron]

If you're using runlevel 3, you won't need the GDM or KDM to login.
But... if you're using runlevel 4, you'll be able to login via a graphical interface.

To run at runlevel 4, you have to edit the initab file and change the Default to 4.
Look at the following line:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:3:initdefault:

Currently I have runlevel 3 selected. In runlevel 4, should be:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

Than, at the file rc.4 located in /etc/rc.d/ you can edit to choose your runlevel.
Mine looks like this:

# Tell the viewers what's going to happen...
echo "Starting up X11 session manager..."

# Try to use GNOME's gdm session manager:
#if [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ]; then
#  exec /usr/bin/gdm -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

# If all you have is XDM, I guess it will have to do:
#if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
#  exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#fi

# error
echo
echo "Hey, you don't have KDM, GDM, or XDM.  Can't use runlevel 4 without"
echo "one of those installed."
sleep 30

# All done.

Hope this helps.
GL m8.