automatically boot in X

merchtemeagle · 12-23-2005, 03:06 PM

I did a hd-install of Damn Small Linux. My runlevel in inittab is 5, but when the computer boots, I first need to login and then run startx. How come there is no X login screen?

320mb · 12-25-2005, 02:58 AM

well, as "root", you need to setup the kdm/gdm login manager........

adssse · 12-27-2005, 12:01 AM

As far as I remember there isnt a login manager. It usually just auto logs you in as dsl into fluxbox.

merchtemeagle · 12-27-2005, 12:05 AM

Indeed, as user dsl, you log in into fluxbox.
But I'm setting up this computer for someone who doesn't know a lot about computers, and only used Windows until now.
So I want to make everything as easy as possible and created an extra user with as username her name.

adssse · 12-27-2005, 10:51 AM

Ok, I understand what you are saying. I am not sure how this is done. DSL is different in that it is mainly designed for a live cd or frugal install. In this way many things are designed to be run as user 'dsl' specifically. Have you tried poking around the dsl message boards at damnsmalllinux.org?