Another Startx Question

[furt1maggr3d10r]

I am looking to start the GDM so I get to the login GUI screen and not the default BT5 setup.
I followed the steps in this thread http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...x-gdm-kdm.html (Cant reply to it for some reason), and nothing has changed.

Has anyone some advice on how to correct this so that when I turn on BT5 it goes to the GDM logon screen ?
Is this not possible running s root >??


Cheers

[shadowzero]

I followed those instructions and it worked for me. Did you edit /etc/init/gdm.conf correctly? It should look like this:

# gdm - GNOME Display Manager
#
# The display manager service manages the X servers running on the
# system, providing login and auto-login services

description     "GNOME Display Manager"
author          "William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>"

start on (filesystem
          and started dbus
          and (drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1
               or stopped udevtrigger))
stop on runlevel [016]

emits starting-dm

env XORGCONFIG=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

script
#    if [ -n "$UPSTART_EVENTS" ]
#    then
#       [ ! -f /etc/X11/default-display-manager -o "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/gdm" ] || { stop; exit 0; }

        # Check kernel command-line for inhibitors
#       for ARG in $(cat /proc/cmdline)
#       do
#           case "${ARG}" in
#               text|-s|s|S|single)
#                   plymouth quit || :  # We have the ball here
#                   exit 0
#                   ;;
#           esac
#       done
#    fi
#
    if [ -r /etc/default/locale ]; then
        . /etc/default/locale
        export LANG LANGUAGE
    elif [ -r /etc/environment ]; then
        . /etc/environment

        export LANG LANGUAGE
    fi
    export XORGCONFIG

    exec gdm-binary $CONFIG_FILE
end script

[furt1maggr3d10r]

Word for word, beginning to end. Ran it from the console and this was the result
Not sure where custom.conf is coming from.. It did come up and I did log in, then it went away..

root@contego:~# exec gdm-binary /etc/init/gdm.conf
gdm-binary[4446]: WARNING: Unable to load file '/etc/gdm/custom.conf': No such file or directory
gdm-binary[4446]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.121364 seconds


# gdm - GNOME Display Manager
#
# The display manager service manages the X servers running on the
# system, providing login and auto-login services

description "GNOME Display Manager"
author "William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>"

start on (filesystem
and started dbus
and (drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1
or stopped udevtrigger))
stop on runlevel [016]

emits starting-dm

env XORGCONFIG=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

script
if [ -n "$UPSTART_EVENTS" ]
then
[ ! -f /etc/X11/default-display-manager -o "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/gdm" ] || { stop; exit 0; }

# Check kernel command-line for inhibitors
for ARG in $(cat /proc/cmdline)
do
case "${ARG}" in
text|-s|s|S|single)
plymouth quit || : # We have the ball here
exit 0
;;
esac
done
fi

if [ -r /etc/default/locale ]; then
. /etc/default/locale
export LANG LANGUAGE
elif [ -r /etc/environment ]; then
. /etc/environment
export LANG LANGUAGE
fi
export XORGCONFIG

exec gdm-binary $CONFIG_FILE
end script

[shadowzero]

Copy/paste the config file I posted there. If you compare mine and the one you posted, you'll see that a few lines at the start of the script block are commented out.

[furt1maggr3d10r]

That did the trick - Good Catch.

cheers