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start in runlevel 5

I would like to have the graphic login manager (gdm in my case) start instead of the prompt login.

I have edited the runlevel to 5 in innittab, but I still get the bash of runlevel 3.

gdm and gnome run fine after login - gdm does require to be started by root, however, so maybe that's the problem?

Help would be very appreciated

Would you mind if I shuffle this thread to the Gentoo-Forum? I
believe it has a better chance of being answered correctly
there ... :}

Cheers,
Tink

you're here longer than me :)

Hmmm ... I must be blind... never mind.

gentooers are in every forum :D

You are looking for /etc/rc.conf ... specifically with lines like the following:

Code:

# What display manager do you use ?  [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ]

DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"



# XSESSION is a new variable to control what window manager to start

# default with X if run with xdm, startx or xinit.  The default behavior

# is to look in /etc/X11/Sessions/ and run the script in matching the

# value that XSESSION is set to.  The support scripts are smart enough to

# look in all bin directories if it cant find a match in /etc/X11/Sessions/,

# so setting it to "enlightenment" can also work.  This is basically used

# as a way for the system admin to configure a default system wide WM,

# allthough it will work if the user export XSESSION in his .bash_profile, etc.

#

# NOTE:  1) this behaviour is overridden when a ~/.xinitrc exists, and startx

#          is called.

#        2) even if ~/.xsession exists, if XSESSION can be resolved, it will

#          be executed rather than ~/.xsession, else KDM breaks ...

#

# Defaults depending on what you install currently include:

#

# Gnome - will start gnome-session

# kde-<version> - will start startkde (ex: kde-3.0.2)

# Xsession - will start a terminal and a few other nice apps



XSESSION="kde-3.4"

cheers :)

nope. Those were already set.

I fixed this.
it took

Code:

rc-update add xdm default