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I'd say we can happily provide a tool to configure +</I>>>>><i> autologin, but if that is configured, it basically just sets the DM to +</I>>>>><i> gdm, and lets' it do the autologin. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> The fact that gdm is used should be mostly hidden from users. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> From what I've seen, gdm seems to be the best implementation of the +</I>>>>><i> whole pam and authentication stuff, so this would be my personal +</I>>>>><i> favourite. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Col +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Please note that autologin is lightweight and fast, so I use it for very old +</I>>>><i> systems, where even the 30Mb of RAM eaten by gdm count. +</I>>>><i> But I just can agree that if no one has time to fix it, we can drop it. I'll +</I>>>><i> be away from computers for  15 days ... +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Does GDM provide change of desktop as KDM does? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> My scenario: I have KDE and Gnome and Xfce installed. For system start +</I>>><i> I have autologin set to start KDE. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm guessing you've configured this inside KDE tools rather than inside +</I>><i> the drak* tools? You'll see why I presume that below: +</I> +No, I always use the draktools for system configuration. I am one of +those who would like to differ between system configuration and +desktop configuration. + +>><i> But when I am in a KDE session I +</I>>><i> sometimes logout and use the upcoming KDM to start a Gnome or Xfce +</I>>><i> session or even a session on a vt. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If you use the autologin package, if you logout, you log back in again +</I>><i> straight away (it's a hook inside prefdm which starts the display +</I>><i> manager and it simply runs autologin if it's configured!) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Now I'd be tempted to make this a "one time operation" e.g. if autologin +</I>><i> works and exits, then we should write a flag somewhere to say "don't +</I>><i> autologin again" i.e. make it only work once. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> This would solve this problem. +</I> +Yes. That's what I want. I have autologin for the first start. If I +log out it is mostly to change desktop or change user, so I can not +use autologin for that. + +>><i> Does this work with GDM as well? If so I'm all in. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yeah, but keep in mind, we wouldn't be forcing users to use gdm all the +</I>><i> time anyway. What I'd propose (and this is for mga3 remember), is that +</I>><i> if autologin was configured, we'd simply make gdm kick in and process +</I>><i> that autologin. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If autologin is not configured, or the user has already logged in and +</I>><i> has now logged out, we would just dump you to your chosen DM (i.e. KDM). +</I> +Good. + +><i> So we'd only be using GDM as a tool here, not really for it's GUI +</I>><i> specifically. That said, we may have to ensure that when we use gdm in +</I>><i> this way that it exits after the user session rather than reverting back +</I>><i> to it's login screen, allowing the prefdm process to be automatically +</I>><i> restarted and thus giving you your chosen DM. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Anyway, this can be discussed in more depth after mga2 is out the door :) +</I> +Yes, I was not aware of this being a mga3 plan. + +-- +wobo +</PRE> + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014016.html">[Mageia-dev] A note on autologin and startx +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014023.html">[Mageia-dev] A note on autologin and startx +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14021">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14021">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14021">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14021">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |