GDM
| Download Source: | http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdm/2.20/gdm-2.20.8.tar.bz2 |
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Dependencies
Required
Optional
Creating the GDM User/Group
groupadd -g 23 gdm &&
useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /dev/null \
-g gdm -s /bin/bash -u 23 gdm
Configuration Information
To enable secure remote connections you must have Zenity, OpenSSH and which installed add the following argument to your configure command:
--enable-secureremote=yes
Non-Multilib
GDM looks in /usr/X11R6 for the X server, If you installed an X Window System to a prefix other then /usr/X11R6 then run the following command:
sed -i "s:/usr/X11R6:${XORG_PREFIX}:g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *)
Compile the package:
./configure --prefix=${GNOME_PREFIX} \
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome \
--localstatedir=/var/lib \
--libexecdir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/lib/gdm \
--mandir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/share/man \
--with-pam-prefix=/etc &&
make
Install the package
make install
Multilib
32Bit
GDM looks in /usr/X11R6 for the X server, If you installed an X Window System to a prefix other then /usr/X11R6 then run the following command:
sed -i "s:/usr/X11R6:${XORG_PREFIX}:g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *)
Compile the package:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32}" &&
CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" USE_ARCH=32 \
./configure --prefix=${GNOME_PREFIX} \
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome \
--localstatedir=/var/lib \
--libexecdir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/lib/gdm \
--mandir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/share/man \
--with-pam-prefix=/etc &&
make
Install the package
make install && unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
N32
GDM looks in /usr/X11R6 for the X server, If you installed an X Window System to a prefix other then /usr/X11R6 then run the following command:
sed -i "s:/usr/X11R6:${XORG_PREFIX}:g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *)
Compile the package:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32}" &&
CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" USE_ARCH=n32 \
./configure --prefix=${GNOME_PREFIX} \
--libdir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/lib32 \
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome \
--localstatedir=/var/lib \
--libexecdir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/lib32/gdm \
--mandir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/share/man \
--with-pam-prefix=/etc &&
make
Install the package
make install && unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
64Bit
GDM looks in /usr/X11R6 for the X server, If you installed an X Window System to a prefix other then /usr/X11R6 then run the following command:
sed -i "s:/usr/X11R6:${XORG_PREFIX}:g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *)
Compile the package:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" &&
CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" USE_ARCH=64 \
./configure --prefix=${GNOME_PREFIX} \
--libdir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/lib64 \
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome \
--localstatedir=/var/lib \
--libexecdir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/lib64/gdm \
--mandir=${GNOME_PREFIX}/share/man \
--with-pam-prefix=/etc &&
make
Install the package
make install && unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
Configuring GDM
The default configuration parameters are stored in a static file ($GNOME_PREFIX/share/gdm/defaults.conf). This file is not intended to be edited. If modification of the configuration is necessary, you should add parameters to the /etc/gnome/gdm/custom.conf file. The settings in this file will override the settings in the static file. The same parameters in the static file are used in the configuration file.
Change the directory containing the GDM log files to the /var/log hierarchy:
install -v -m755 -d /var/log/gdm &&
sed -i.orig "/\[daemon\]/ a LogDir=/var/log/gdm" \
/etc/gnome/gdm/custom.conf &&
rmdir -v /var/lib/log/gdm &&
rmdir -v /var/lib/log
You may also want to set a default gtk theme:
sed -i "/\[gui\]/ a GtkTheme=Clearlooks" \
/etc/gnome/gdm/custom.conf
If you have Linux-PAM installed run the following commands:
cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm << "EOF" &&
#%PAM-1.0
auth include system-auth
account include system-auth
password include system-auth
session include system-auth
EOF
cp /etc/pam.d/gdm{,-autologin} &&
echo "auth required pam_permit.so" >> /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin
If you built GDM with usermode installed then you need to make a PAM config for gdmsetup as well as a symlink to consolehelper:
cp /etc/pam.d/gdm{,setup} &&
ln -sfv /usr/bin/consolehelper ${GNOME_PREFIX}/bin/gdmsetup
Note: If you make the link to consolehelper a regular users will beable to configure GDM by entering root's password.
If you have D-BUS installed and you want to start the session D-BUS daemon when you start the GNOME desktop environment using gdm, you'll need to create a new Xsession file:
cat > $GNOME_PREFIX/share/xsessions/gnome-dbus.desktop << "EOF" [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=GNOME with D-BUS Comment=GNOME Desktop with D-BUS support Exec=dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session TryExec=/usr/bin/dbus-launch Icon= Type=Application EOF chmod -v 644 $GNOME_PREFIX/share/xsessions/gnome-dbus.desktop
