graphical login with xfce

[Collins]

On Wednesday 19 February 2003 09:55 pm, Collins wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 February 2003 04:44 pm, Dragón wrote:
> >  --- Collins <erichey2 at attbi.com> escribió: > On Tuesday 18 February 2003
> >
> > 08:59 pm, Collins wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 18 February 2003 03:40 pm, Dragón wrote:
> > > > >   Don't forget wdm. It is not a bad option.
> > > >
> > > > Any help with isnstalling wdm.? I got the tarball, but it needs
> > > > something called wraster libs.  Any clue what this is?
> > >
> > > OK, I found the answer.  WiondowMaker must be installed, even if you
> > > don't plan to use it (yeagh!).
> >
> >   I've never installed wmaker in my debian woody but wdm works well.
> >
> >   I'm using xfce only.
> >
> > > Program makes and installs OK, but when I mark it as the window manager
> > > for run level 5 (or equivalent) it brings up a nice window, lets me
> > > specify the Session I want, prompts me for user, prompts me for
> > > paqssword, then promptly
> > >
> > > fails to login my user (root as well), and presents me with the nice
> > > window again.
> > >
> > > Can anyone comment on what is missing?
> > >
> > > At present, this is a pretty boat anchor!
> >
> >    I don't know. Sorry.
>
> OK, someone had made an ebuild for gentoo, and this is now working.  I
> believe the problem I encountered had something to do with pam.
>
> Thanks for pointing this out; it's really a fine package.

Final note.  The package author has found a bug in pam support and will be 
releasing 1.22.1 real soon now.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1