I'm trying to lock down a machine that will be used as an internet kiosk at school. I'm running LTSP 4.0 on Fedora.

I've got it to automatically login, but it automatically logs into KDE. I've pretty much got the lockdown on IceWM, so I was trying to get gdm to automatically go into Ice.

What part of GDM do I edit if I wanted to change the default login?

Also, how do I set it so the "languages" button is disabled, and so tha the only option for "sessions" is Ice?

Thanks in advance!

I don't use gdm, but I'd assume that the
little program by the name gdmconfig
might prove helpful :) (No, I don't have it
installed).


Cheers,
Tink

Thanks for the advice. Here's what I did since the last post:

I've already tried gdmconfig (or gdmsetup).

I also read up on some of the documentation on how to configure gdm.conf manually.

Now, when turn on timed login, gdm automatically logs in, but into KDE.

But when I type in my test username/password, then it goes into IceWM. I want it to auto-login to Ice.


Any gdm experts out there to help?

Oh, by the way, i figured out how to disable the language and session buttons, by the way. I editted the default gdm theme and got rid of the buttons from there. . .

I am not a gdm guru (IANAGG) <g>

Ok, for starters you will need the button you got rid of, we will get them back the easy way, we will change gdm themes;


gdmsetup : choose the themes tab; pick another theme.
while still in gdmsetup, choose the General tab:
turn off:
"log in a user automatically after a specified number of seconds"
and turn off:
"login a user automatically at boot"
close gdmsetup
log out


Now we will set the user you want to run ICEwm

at the gdm login screen:
type the name of the user set for KDE you wish to change:
choose the sessions button; choose ICEwm or whatever.
type the users password and login.
The system will ask if you would like to make this the default for this user, choose "yes"


Now we will set gdmsetup to autologin your user of choice

after login:
run:
gdmsetup
Give the root password when asked.
choose the "log in a user automatically after a specified number of seconds":
choose the user you have set to run ICEwm
set the time to 5 seconds (if you set this time too low you will regret it, trust me <g>)

now everytime someone logs out, in 5 seconds later it will login again as this user in ICEwm.

If this is NOT the effect you want.
choose "login a user automatically at boot":
choose the user you have set to run ICEwm

Change the gdm theme back to the one you "fixed" to not have a session button.
close gdmsetup

On mine I use:
"login a user automatically at boot"
and
"log in a user automatically after a specified number of seconds" (15 Seconds)

This logs me in at bootup, and will relogin as me if i logout and do not login as another user. (I am the only user)

Ok, I will try that. Thanks a lot!




--edit--

it did not work

the default session has already been set to Icewm. When I log in with the username/password, it will get into Ice.

changing the session to Icewm during the countdown still goes into KDE.

^^



Sorry for the doublepost.

I guess I'd rather doublepost than make a new thread.

Anyways, Ice is finally the default WM for the user account. I also disabled the "language" and the "session" buttons by editting the theme.

But the "F10" key still works, and that still allows a person to choose a session/language.

How do you disable te F keys in gdm/linux in general?

-- Thanks in advance!

Hello, I'm having a similar issue just getting a default session set to IceWM.

How did you accomplish that? What file holds the magic switch?