Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-25 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Mick wrote: > On Friday 20 March 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, fei huang > wrote: >> > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows >> > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-25 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Mick (michaelkintz...@gmail.com) [25.03.09 21:04]: > On Friday 20 March 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, fei huang > wrote: > > > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > > > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-25 Thread Mick
On Friday 20 March 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, fei huang wrote: > > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. > > I agree with Sebastian, you should try "slim" > > h

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-22 Thread fei huang
I think we've got too far for it, the startx in local.start does have some drawbacks, the system will become nonresponsive if I switch back to the console, and the X seems running on VT2 instead of VT7, I studied the xdm script and found I've missed lots of important steps, for stability, I tried a

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-22 Thread gibboris
I was thinking about the proper way to set-up the autologin some time ago. Some hints which came to my mind : 1) should be started as a service so restart/start/stop may be used and doesn't leave an open root shell 2) should be restarted with ctrl+alt+backspace without losing the keyboard focus (ma

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-21 Thread Florian Philipp
Sebastian Günther schrieb: > * Florian Philipp (li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net) [20.03.09 19:09]: >> fei huang schrieb: >>> I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows >>> manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. >>> >> You know that this is a possi

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, fei huang wrote: > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. I agree with Sebastian, you should try "slim" http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/SLiM

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Sebastian Günther
* fei huang (daniel.huang...@gmail.com) [20.03.09 16:12]: > su - myname -c startx& > > any ideas? RTFM: -, -l, --login Provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in directly. !>> When - is used, it must be specified as the la

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Florian Philipp (li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net) [20.03.09 19:09]: > fei huang schrieb: > > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. > > > You know that this is a possible security thread? Anyone wh

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread James Ausmus
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Florian Philipp < li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net> wrote: > fei huang schrieb: > > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. > > > You know that this is a possible secu

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Joshua D Doll
Florian Philipp wrote: > fei huang schrieb: > >> I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows >> manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. >> >> > You know that this is a possible security thread? Anyone who has access > to your computer can

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Florian Philipp
fei huang schrieb: > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. > You know that this is a possible security thread? Anyone who has access to your computer can simply press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and enter the cons

[gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread fei huang
I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. here is my solution: I use runlevel 3 as default, and add a line of code in "/etc/conf.d/local.start": su - myname -c startx& this works just fine except my sci