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halcor

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Registered: 2008-05-15

Posts: 71

[solved] What login manager should I use?

I've got and old computer, and I want the lighter login manager,  Here (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Login_manager) explain how to install. But I wanna know the best for my old and slow computer.

I use LXDE, so gdm and kdm are not good options. Also I wanna know if it's possible that I can do autologin and not use a login manager. ( I'm the only user )

Thanks to everybody.

Last edited by halcor (2008-09-19 11:23:38)

z0phi3l

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From: Waterbury CT

Registered: 2007-11-26

Posts: 278

Re: [solved] What login manager should I use?

SLiM would most likely be the choice, but I don't see anywhere if it can do auto login

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SLIM

Vintendo

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 375

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Re: [solved] What login manager should I use?

Read this about auto login and starting x at boot.

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www.vincentkriek.nl

halcor

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Registered: 2008-05-15

Posts: 71

Re: [solved] What login manager should I use?

A way of circumventing display managers and boot straight into preferred window manager or desktop environment is the following.
In /etc/inittab change:
id:3:initdefault:

[...]

x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon

to
id:5:initdefault:

[...]

x:5:once:/bin/su PREFERED_USER -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c startx >/dev/null 2>&1"

where PREFERED_USER is the user of your choice.

Do it, and I don't have to install any login manager. Thanks!