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authorBrian Cameron <brian.cameron@sun.com>2006-02-13 18:47:21 +0000
committerBrian Cameron <bcameron@src.gnome.org>2006-02-13 18:47:21 +0000
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downloadgdm-8632e2a5670d280c153a43b3b0b522f8c5369815.tar.gz
Fix calls to zenity so they work. Fixes bug #330892. Last minute updates
2006-02-13 Brian Cameron <brian.cameron@sun.com> * config/Xsession.in: Fix calls to zenity so they work. Fixes bug #330892. * README, README.install, docs/C/gdm.xml: Last minute updates before string freeze.
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@@ -1,30 +1,22 @@
QUICK NOTES ON INSTALLATION/USE:
-I try to keep this document updated with issues that are brought
-up on gdm-list@gnome.org. GDM can be sometimes challanging to setup
-and get working. GDM does things like start up your Xserver, so it
-is sometimes necessary to tweak the GDM configuration to work with
-any given setup.
-
-This document tries to capture the most common problems. Also
-refer to the "Troubleshooting" section of the GDM dcumentation:
-
- http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/docs.html
-
-You can also look in docs/C/gdm.xml for the raw XML version of the
-docs.
-
General
=======
-Make sure you are familiar with the "Overview" and "Security"
-sections of the GDM documentation:
+GDM sometimes requires some configuration work for a given setup.
+
+Make sure you are familiar with the "Overview", "Security",
+"Configuration", and "Troubleshooting" sections of the GDM
+documentation:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/docs.html
+You can also look in the docs subdirectory for the XML version of
+the documentation.
+
WARNING: "gdm-binary" is a *daemon* -- not a common user application.
It requires extensive knowledge about your system setup to install and
-configure. gdm does not intend to be Plug and Play.
+configure. GDM does not intend to be Plug and Play.
(i.e. ./configure ; make install).
Building GDM
@@ -33,10 +25,10 @@ Building GDM
You may need to update your build tools if the autogen.sh command
complains that it requires a newer version of the build tool.
-If you did not compile GNOME yourself, make sure you have the appropriate
--devel packages installed.
+If you did not compile GNOME yourself, make sure you have the
+appropriate -devel packages installed.
-Here's a good configure for GDM:
+Here is a recommended configure for GDM:
./autogen.sh --enable-ipv6=yes --with-at-bindir=/usr/sfw/bin
--with-prefetch --with-post-path=/usr/openwin/bin
@@ -48,8 +40,9 @@ DefaultPath and RootDefaultPath, then use the --with-post-path
configure option. Argument value should be a list of directories
separated by ":" characters (no spaces).
-Make sure the --with-pam-prefix points to the prefix where the pam.conf
-file is located (default is sysconfdir or /etc).
+Make sure the --with-pam-prefix points to the prefix where the
+pam.conf file is located if it is not in the default directory
+(sysconfdir or /etc).
If you want accessibility to work and have AT programs like gok and
gnopernicus installed to a different directory than EXPANDED_BINDIR,
@@ -81,8 +74,8 @@ clutter your syslog and slow system performance.
Configuration
=============
-Make sure you are familiar with the "Configuring GDM" section of
-the GDM documentation:
+Gain, refer to the "Configuring GDM" section of the GDM
+documentation for full information:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/docs.html
@@ -91,11 +84,11 @@ GDM Default Configuration File
The GDM configuration file /etc/gdm/gdm.conf may be replaced by
you distribution on upgrade, so if a user wants to ensure that
-configuration changes persist on upgrade, edit the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom
-file. You can specify a different location for the file via
-the "--with-configdir=/dir" option. This can be useful if you
-want to put the default file on a filesystem shared by multiple
-machines.
+configuration changes persist on upgrade, edit the
+/etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom file. You can specify a different
+location for the file via the "--with-configdir=/dir" option.
+This can be useful if you want to put the default file on a
+filesystem shared by multiple machines.
If you wish to change configuration by hand, edit the
/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf-custom file and make sure the keyname=value
@@ -109,8 +102,8 @@ anywhere in the section.
[daemon]
Greeter=/usr/lib/gdmgreeter
-The default options refer to interfaces that may need to be
-customized for your distribution providor.
+The following interfaces most frequently need to be customized
+for a given setup, since they are OS/machine specific:
HaltCommand
RebootCommand
@@ -149,14 +142,11 @@ not let your computer load these libraries while the user types
in their name and password?
The provided gdmprefetchlist.in was created for Solaris 11 running
-GNOME 2.13 (not a particularly stable configuration but one that will
-likely be what Sun ships in Solaris 11). If using another OS, then
-you will probably want to modify the config/gdmprefetchlist.in file
-before running configure. This makes sure the list of libraries to
-preload is suitable for your setup. The GDM PreFetch will ignore
-libraries it doesn't find on your system but the point with this code
-is to speed up your system so you can do further tuning for your
-environment.
+GNOME 2.13 (not a particularly stable configuration). If using
+another OS or desktop (such as KDE), then you will probably want
+to modify the config/gdmprefetchlist.in file before running
+configure. The GDM PreFetch will ignore libraries listed that it
+does not find on your system.
Red Hat
=======
@@ -192,3 +182,4 @@ documentation for information about specific configuration issues for
Solaris.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/docs.html
+