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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00040000000000000000">XDM</A></H1>
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XDM lets you login from X, avoiding the normal text-based login
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prompt. To see if it works, type - you must be root to do that -
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<tt>telinit 5</tt>. this command set
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the runlevel to 5, starting the XDM login procedure. If something
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goes wrong, you'll go back to the traditional login by rebooting. If
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it works, you can set 5 as default runlevel editing the
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<tt>/etc/inittab</tt> file. Edit the line
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<PRE> id:3:initdefault:</PRE>
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in order to have
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<PRE> id:5:initdefault:</PRE>
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It's a good idea to make a backup of this file before modifying it.
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You'll soon notice that the traditional login appears shortly before
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initiating the XDM login procedure. This is avoided editing the same
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file <tt>/etc/inittab</tt>: the line
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<PRE> 1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1</PRE>
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creates a traditional login (mingetty) in the console where the XDM
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login will be, if you remove the 5, when runlevel 5 is active,
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no traditional login will be started on that console. You can also
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remove the other 5s, but I strongly suggest to keep at least
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one, in case the window manager crashes. In such a case, you can
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switch to the login prompt pressing <IMG WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=22 ALIGN=BOTTOM
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SRC="../gx/kapok/img5.gif" > <IMG WIDTH=31 HEIGHT=22 ALIGN=BOTTOM
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where n is the console on which you left the mingetty active. If your
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<tt>inittab</tt> looks like this, n will be equal to 2:
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<PRE> # Run gettys in standard runlevels
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1:1234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
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2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
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3:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
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4:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
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5:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
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6:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6</PRE>
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KDE has a valid alternative to XDM, you can enable it (read in any
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case the KDE documentation first), editing once again <tt>inittab</tt>,
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whose last lines should finally look like this:
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<PRE> # Run xdm in runlevel 5
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#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon
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x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon</PRE>
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If you are disturbed by the console spoiling the nice background during
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the XDM login, comment the line starting with <tt>/usr...</tt> of the file
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<tt>/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0</tt>,
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<PRE> #!/bin/sh
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# $XConsortium: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:31 gildea Exp $
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#/usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose
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#-fn fixed -exitOnFail
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/usr/X11R6/bin/xbanner</PRE>
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Alessandro Usseglio Viretta <BR>
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Wed Feb 4 11:32:27 MET 1998</I>
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