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author | Brian Cameron <brian.cameron@sun.com> | 2006-02-13 18:47:21 +0000 |
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committer | Brian Cameron <bcameron@src.gnome.org> | 2006-02-13 18:47:21 +0000 |
commit | 8632e2a5670d280c153a43b3b0b522f8c5369815 (patch) | |
tree | 58aa800f6ae833d2ca1b28e27a8ffb036365ce25 /README.install | |
parent | 90113edce31c7024c0ce17bf3c9e197626621d94 (diff) | |
download | gdm-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.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.install')
-rw-r--r-- | README.install | 69 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/README.install b/README.install index 65b57980..be886407 100644 --- a/README.install +++ b/README.install @@ -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 + |