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Old 05-22-2010, 01:59 AM   #1
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Is there a console / text based XDM / GDM?

Hello,

I would like that users can log to X but this with a text based xdm

+ how to active it as last in inittab since it is text

what contains my inittab
Code:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
7:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty7
8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8
 
Old 05-22-2010, 03:34 AM   #2
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The dm is usually ran as a daemon.
Not sure how to do it on Linux. On a BSD machine, I can just add the dm to rc.conf or not.
Yeah, just find the daemon and disable it.
 
Old 05-22-2010, 04:24 AM   #3
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Or use startx &
 
Old 05-22-2010, 04:32 AM   #4
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Or use startx &
I would like to avoid users to start startx
with a console based login manager (text)
 
Old 05-22-2010, 04:33 AM   #5
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The dm is usually ran as a daemon.
Not sure how to do it on Linux. On a BSD machine, I can just add the dm to rc.conf or not.
Yeah, just find the daemon and disable it.
thanks. I seek it's tar.gz ...
http://www.google.com/search?q=dm+lo...nt=iceweasel-a
 
Old 05-22-2010, 09:12 AM   #6
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I would like to avoid users to start startx
with a console based login manager (text)
That could be done by modifying /etc/profile to run startx & -- but not for root!
 
Old 05-22-2010, 09:13 AM   #7
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I've heard of this:
http://cdm.ghost1227.com/
 
Old 05-22-2010, 10:12 AM   #8
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I've heard of this:
http://cdm.ghost1227.com/
Very interesting. Thanks for the info
 
Old 05-23-2010, 02:22 AM   #9
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Very interesting. Thanks for the info

Nice
Code:
guest@console-display-manager:/[30]$ hello

Hello to you too.

guest@console-display-manager:/[30]$ hello world

My name isn't world!
it sounds great this tool, even it replys the human language basics.

Is there some others like cdm, althouhg it looks what we need
i chekc whether it uses .dmrc


Massive CDM Update!

2010-01-04 14:49:07 by Ghost1227 in Updates (2 comments) permalink

Quote:
CDM 0.4 was finally released yesterday, and believe me it was worth the wait! We’ve incorporated a whole bunch of new features, notably the ability to use custom .xinitrc files and pass custom options to the X server. Read the CHANGELOG for full details.

Here a snapshot :
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1926/cdmsnapshot1.png

but login and password arent missing and it requires some more manager ... to edit config.
Last edited by frenchn00b; 05-23-2010 at 02:31 AM.
 
Old 05-23-2010, 02:39 AM   #10
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screenshot

In the code, it does not seem that it prompts :
LOGIN
PASSWORD

If yes, how to add it to /etc/inittab, in particularly there below?
Code:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
7:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty7
8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8


Code:
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name="Console Display Manager"                                                                                                                                                                             
ver="0.5.2"                                                                                                                                                                                                
info="\e[1;34m==>\e[1;37m"                                                                                                                                                                                 
error="\e[1;31m==>\e[1;37m"                                                                                                                                                                                
success="\e[1;32m==>\e[1;37m"                                                                                                                                                                              
reset="\e[0m"                                                                                                                                                                                              
# Ignore SIGINT (^C) and SIGTSTP (^Z)                                                                                                                                                                      
trap "" 2 20                                                                                                                                                                                               
userclientrc=$HOME/.xinitrc                                                                                                                                                                                
sysclientrc=/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc                                                                                                                                                                         
# userserverrc=$HOME/.xserverrc                                                                                                                                                                            
# sysserverrc=/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
# Source cdm configuration                                                                                                                                                                                 
if [[ -f /etc/cdmrc ]]; then
 
Old 05-23-2010, 03:22 AM   #11
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I would actually need two text-mode logins manager (starting X automatically (so no need of typing startx)) for the tty9 and tty10. Any ideas?
 
  


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