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a0peter

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From: Copenhagen, Denmark

Registered: 2009-02-25

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GDM should not be running during boot?

I have been trying to boot faster and therefore dropped GDM and instead used SLIM, but my bootchart still says that GDM starts even though I have uninstalled it. Why is it running? Should I remove it? How to remove it?

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Surgat_

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Registered: 2007-08-08

Posts: 317

Re: GDM should not be running during boot?

You have to remove it from the DAEMONS array at rc.conf, and put slim instead. If you put it with an '@' (@slim) before it will start in background and it will be faster.

a0peter

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From: Copenhagen, Denmark

Registered: 2009-02-25

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Re: GDM should not be running during boot?

GDM is not specified in my GDM array:

DAEMONS=(@preload syslog-ng netfs @cpufreq @hal @fnfxd !crond @wicd @smbnetfs)

And I have specified slim in my inittab:

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)    Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:once:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:once:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:once:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:once:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/3 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

# End of file

So I don't know why it is still running.

Surgat_

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Registered: 2007-08-08

Posts: 317

Re: GDM should not be running during boot?

That's weird, I don't know why it is running... Sorry.

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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Re: GDM should not be running during boot?

Sure the bootchart is being overwritten?

a0peter

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From: Copenhagen, Denmark

Registered: 2009-02-25

Posts: 13

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Re: GDM should not be running during boot?

Borked my install so can't check, will reinstall and see if the problem persists. Thank you all for taking the time to help!