For those wanting to have multiple xservers auto or timed login with
gdm, we have just patched a gdm 2.8 ubuntu package to allow that. Files
are at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141732
We will begin using that SLIM sourceforge project as a central point for
talking about and releasing files for simultaneous local independent
multi-user capability. The linuxconsole project name doesn't really
even apply anymore given the evdev approach and other important
multi-user aspects like sessiond for sound. There was some discussion a
few months ago over a "new" project name, but there was no consensus, so
if other people want to help, great. I invite everyone to help admin
and mold the SLIM project as they see fit. I would really love to see
all of the great new multi-user documentation in a central place. We
are almost done moving over to Ubuntu, and we will have a lot of new
multi-user scripts to release shortly, including a live Ubuntu
multi-user capable CD.
Back to talking about the patched gdm:
In the past we have just used our own inittab with respawn to launch X
servers instead of gdm, but sometimes gdm is nice. Maybe auto/timed
logins for all displays should be handled on a per-server basis, because
some people wouldn't want the auto/timed login on non-primary displays.
In my hack you don't get a choice, auto/timed login applies to all local
displays.
Questions can be sent directly to me via email or you could try the help
forums at:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=141732
Thanks,
Mike Pardee
Open Sense Solutions LLC
http://open-sense.com
1-888-323-1742
Re: automatic login for second X server
> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:13:05 +0300
> CC: Andrej van der Zee <ma...@ya... <mailto:ma...@ya...>>
>
> On Sestdiena, 8. Oktobris 2005 01:36, Andrej van der
> Zee wrote:
Now I want to automatically login for the
> second X server (no
> > keyboard). Unfortunately, options in gdm only
> allow this for the first X
> > server. Automatically login for both X servers
> would also be fine for me.
> >
> > Does anybody have a solution? Maybe get rid of gdm
> totally and start X
> > from a startup script? Any suggestions?
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