Thanks, Al!


On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 20:27, Al wrote:
Sevak Avakians wrote:

> Is it possible to automatically login a user without using gdm?  Perhaps
> just to a shell?
> When I use gdm, it automatically logs in but using gnome.  Since gnome
> is not installed, it gives an error.  I have my .xinitrc file set up
> correctly, i.e. fvwm.  I also put a file into etc/X11/Sessions for the
> user containing exec fvwm, but again gdm gives an error.
> 
> If it's possible to automatically login to a shell and I add startx to
> .bashrc, then the .xinitrc script should take over and bring up fvwm,
> right?
> 
> Sevak
Try this article it should do what you want
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/chung.html

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