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diff --git a/desktop/gdm/README b/desktop/gdm/README index 1a20b77411..cbfa39afba 100644 --- a/desktop/gdm/README +++ b/desktop/gdm/README @@ -1,23 +1,6 @@ GDM is a system service that is responsible for providing graphical logins and managing local and remote display. -Critical note on Slackware: -Slackware has it's '/etc/rc.d/rc.4' script starting gdm with an invalid -command line option, which will cause gdm to fail starting in runlevel -4. To use gdm, you will need to edit '/etc/rc.d/rc.4' to remove the -'-nodaemon' option from being passed to gdm. After editing, the gdm -lines should look like this: - -if [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ]; then - exec /usr/bin/gdm -fi - -# Someone thought that gdm looked prettier in /usr/sbin, -# so look there, too: -if [ -x /usr/sbin/gdm ]; then - exec /usr/sbin/gdm -fi - A note on PAM: The GDM source includes PAM configs for linux distros like redhat, lfs, and arch. However, none of these pre-designed configs are suitable for @@ -30,5 +13,6 @@ Additional Notes: - Slackware comes with the 'gdm' group and user already configured, so nothing needs to be done there. -- GDM can be built without 'gnome-session' and 'gnome-shell' installed, -but 'gdm' will be unusable at runtime without them. +- The blocaled dependency is used to provide custom keymap support for + 'gdm'. + |