Author: pierre
Date: Tue Oct 6 05:16:17 2020
New Revision: 23788
Log:
Various clean-up and modifications to the dm pages in view of the recent
change to the bootscripts.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/gnome/platform/gdm.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/dm/lightdm.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/dm/lxdm.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent Mon Oct 5 14:36:28 2020 (r23787)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent Tue Oct 6 05:16:17 2020 (r23788)
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
<!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
-<!ENTITY day "05"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "06"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY month "10"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2020">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
<!ENTITY copyholder "The BLFS Development Team">
<!ENTITY version "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 5th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 6th, &year;">
<!ENTITY pubdate "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
<!ENTITY blfs-version "svn"> <!-- svn|[release #] -->
<!ENTITY lfs-version "development"> <!-- x.y|development -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/gnome/platform/gdm.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/gnome/platform/gdm.xml Mon Oct 5 14:36:28 2020 (r23787)
+++ trunk/BOOK/gnome/platform/gdm.xml Tue Oct 6 05:16:17 2020 (r23788)
@@ -127,35 +127,6 @@
-g gdm -s /bin/false gdm &&
passwd -ql gdm</userinput></screen>
-<!--
- <note revision="sysv">
- <para>
- The <application>gdm</application> login screen is managed by
- <application>gnome-shell</application>, which relies on the
- <command>systemd-localed</command> daemon to get the system
- settings. Since this daemon is not present on this system, a
- <command>sed</command> is applied in the <xref
- linkend="gnome-shell"/> instructions to change this behavior,
- but then <application>gdm</application> uses the system settings,
- which default to a US <quote>qwerty</quote> keyboard layout. This may
- be an inconvience to enter a password when the machine keyboard
- has a different layout. One possibility is to use the screen-keyboard
- from the accessibility menu. Another possibility is to change the
- defaults at compile time, by creating the following file:
- </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>cat > data/dconf/defaults/01-keyboard << EOF
-<literal>[org/gnome/desktop/input-sources]
-sources=[('xkb','<replaceable>layout</replaceable>')]</literal>
-EOF</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>
- where <replaceable>layout</replaceable> should be replaced with
- the acronym for your keyboard layout (one of the filenames in
- <filename class="directory">/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols</filename>).
- </para>
- </note>
--->
<para>
Install <application>GDM</application> by running the following
commands:
@@ -269,16 +240,12 @@
</indexterm>
<para revision="sysv">
- To start the <command>gdm</command> automatically when the system
- is booted, install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm</filename>
- init script included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package and
- set the default runlevel to 5 (graphical login) as the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
- </para>
-
- <para revision="systemd">
- To start the <command>gdm</command> daemon at boot, enable
- the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command
+ To start <command>gdm</command> automatically when the system is
+ switched to runlevel 5, install the
+ <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/xdm</filename> script and the
+ <filename>/etc/sysconfig/xdm</filename> configuration file
+ included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package
+ and adjust <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> by running
as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
@@ -293,6 +260,16 @@
<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>sed /initdefault/s/3/5/ -i
/etc/inittab</userinput></screen>
+ <para revision="systemd">
+ To start the <command>gdm</command> daemon at boot, enable
+ the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command
+ as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ </para>
+
+<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable
gdm</userinput></screen>
+
+<!-- [pierre October 2020] I don't understand why this is here: power
+ management works perfectly well
<para revision="sysv">
You should also disable default elogind power management:
</para>
@@ -301,8 +278,7 @@
<literal>AllowSuspend=no
AllowHibernation=no</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
-
-<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable
gdm</userinput></screen>
+-->
</sect3>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/dm/lightdm.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/dm/lightdm.xml Mon Oct 5 14:36:28 2020 (r23787)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/dm/lightdm.xml Tue Oct 6 05:16:17 2020 (r23788)
@@ -309,15 +309,21 @@
<title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
<phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
+ <indexterm zone="lightdm lightdm-bootscript">
+ <primary sortas="f-lightdm">lightdm</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
<para revision="sysv">
- Install the <filename
revision="sysv">/etc/rc.d/init.d/lightdm</filename>
- init script from the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/>
+ To start <command>lightdm</command> automatically when the system is
+ switched to runlevel 5, install the
+ <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/xdm</filename> script and the
+ <filename>/etc/sysconfig/xdm</filename> configuration file
+ included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package
+ and adjust <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> by running
+ as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make
install-lightdm</userinput></screen>
- <indexterm zone="lightdm lightdm-bootscript">
- <primary sortas="f-lightdm">lightdm</primary>
- </indexterm>
<para revision="systemd">
Install and enable the systemd unit. From the
@@ -333,25 +339,16 @@
<title>Starting lightdm</title>
<para>
- If the lightdm bootscript has been installed, start lightdm by
running, as the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
- </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lightdm
start</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>
- By convention, X should be executed at runlevel 5, consequently, the
- same is true for <application>lightdm</application>. However, LFS
default
- runlevel is 3. Changing to runlevel 5, from a console terminal, as
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, starts the
- <command>lightdm</command> bootscript, bringing up the greeter screen:
+ The <command>lightdm</command> greeter can be started from the
+ command line as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+ user:
</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>init 5</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>telinit 5</userinput></screen>
<para>
- In order to permanently set the default to 5, starting the
- <command>lightdm</command> greeter screen automatically, modify
+ Alternatively the runlevel can be permanently set to 5, starting the
+ <command>lightdm</command> greeter screen automatically, by modifying
<filename>/etc/inittab</filename>. As the <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/dm/lxdm.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/dm/lxdm.xml Mon Oct 5 14:36:28 2020 (r23787)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/dm/lxdm.xml Tue Oct 6 05:16:17 2020 (r23788)
@@ -220,23 +220,30 @@
</sect3>
<sect3 id="lxdm-init">
- <title>Boot Script</title>
+ <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
+ <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-init">
+ <primary sortas="f-lxdm">lxdm</primary>
+ </indexterm>
<para revision="sysv">
- Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lxdm</filename> init script from
- the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
+ To start <command>lxdm</command> automatically when the system is
+ switched to runlevel 5, install the
+ <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/xdm</filename> script and the
+ <filename>/etc/sysconfig/xdm</filename> configuration file
+ included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package
+ and adjust <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> by running
+ as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
+<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make
install-lxdm</userinput></screen>
+
<para revision="systemd">
To start <application>LXDM</application> at boot execute the following
command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
- <indexterm zone="lxdm lxdm-init">
- <primary sortas="f-lxdm">lxdm</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
-<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make
install-lxdm</userinput></screen>
<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable
lxdm</userinput></screen>
</sect3>
@@ -275,55 +282,34 @@
<title>Starting lxdm</title>
<para>
- You can manually start <command>lxdm</command>, e.g, if the bootscript
- has been installed, by running, as <systemitem
- class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ The <command>lxdm</command> greeter can be started from the command
+ line as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lxdm start</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>telinit 5</userinput></screen>
<para>
- By convention, X should be executed at runlevel 5, consequently, the
- same is true for <application>lxdm</application>. However, the LFS
default
- runlevel is 3. Changing to runlevel 5, from the console (as
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user) starts the
- <command>lxdm</command> bootscript and presents the
- greeter screen:
- </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>init 5</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>
- In order to permanently set the default to 5, starting the
- <command>lxdm</command> greeter screen automatically, you can modify
- <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>. As the <systemitem
- class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ Alternatively the runlevel can be permanently set to 5, starting the
+ <command>lxdm</command> greeter screen automatically, by modifying
+ <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>. As the <systemitem
+ class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v /etc/inittab{,-orig} &&
sed -i '/initdefault/ s/3/5/' /etc/inittab</userinput></screen>
- <para>
- You should also disable default elogind power management:
- </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/elogind/logind.conf <<
"EOF"
-<literal>AllowSuspend=no
-AllowHibernation=no</literal>
-EOF</userinput></screen>
-
<note>
- <para>
+ <para>
One important script, executed after login is
<filename>/etc/lxdm/Xsession</filename> which we have fixed to fit
BLFS specifications.
- </para>
+ </para>
</note>
</sect3>
</sect2>
- <!--Required section-->
+
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
@@ -351,10 +337,6 @@
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
- <!-- If the program or library name conflicts (is the same) as the
- package name, add -prog or -lib to the varlistentry entity id
- and the 2nd entry of the indexterm zone entity -->
-
<varlistentry id="lxdm-prog">
<term><command>lxdm</command></term>
<listitem>
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