How can I change the login manager in slackware 8.1.
I don't want to use the kde manager, I want to use the Gnome login manager, if this is posible

I'm not sure how is it in Slackware (running other machine in the moment), but look into /etc/X11/prefdm script.

In Slackware, the file is:

/etc/rc.d/rc.4

If you know shell scripting, it's easy enough to swap kdm and gdm. . .

I would make it something like:


# GNOME's session manager:
if [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ]; then
exec /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon
# KDE's kdm:
elif [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kdm ]; then
exec /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
# If all you have is XDM, I guess it will have to do:
elif [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
fi

Cool, thanks guys, Ill give it a try.

im not even sure if you want to login w/gnomes manager? cos u cant login under root graphically. it always gave me some 'buzz' when i tried. kdm is good for me.

I've never had real problems with any of them, though I boot to a console
and just login as whomever and:

startx

That way, if I'm just doing something quick like checking mail or sftp or
something, I don't have to wait for some slow display manager to start up,
then wait for some slow window manager to start up. . . =-}

hi
in gdm you can perfectly login as root (but why should
you) . You can change that in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
look under [security] Allowroot=
You can change it also in gdm itself choose
system -> configuration -> options; expert (hope the
titles are right mine talks dutch)
And i had to change my login manager from kdm to gdm
because there is a known issue concerning kdm /XFree
and the display driver. Causing it once in every 10 - 20
attempts ; fall back to runlevel 3 . Maybe i should update
some parts but i like gdm now.
good luck

yeah, last night it gave this problem:
Server authorization directory (daemon/servauthor) is set to /var/lib/gdm but has the wrong permissions it should has permissions 0750. Please correct the permission os the gdm configurator /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and restart gdm.

anyways this is how I fixed the problem, i dont know if it the right thing to do, but it worked:

cd /var/lib
chmod 750 gdm

then I switch back to init level 4

telinit 4

and voila, the gdm login manager, sweet!!!!

And according to you guys, I shouldnt allow root to login from GDM, right?


Thanks for the Help
FIGA

Anytime you become root, you should be well aware of the fact that you
now have the ability to completely ruin your system. This means that you
shouldn't allow yourself to log in as root and then forget who you are. . .
If that means setting it up so root has a VERY different window manager
setup from your normal user, then that's one solution (for root, I use
sawfish as my window manager, and OpenWindows for my normal login).
Another solution is that you can only become root by using the "switch
user" command at a console:
su -