GDM is a system service that is responsible for providing graphical logins and managing local and remote displays.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 systemd platform.
Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdm/3.12/gdm-3.12.2.tar.xz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdm/3.12/gdm-3.12.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 88cb6fcd8f35d60f0f7ffcd15d074c1f
Download size: 1.5 MB
Estimated disk space required: 43 MB
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU
AccountsService-0.6.37, GTK+-3.12.2, ISO Codes-3.56, libcanberra-0.30, Linux-PAM-1.1.8, and yelp-xsl-3.12.0
gnome-session-3.12.1, gnome-shell-3.12.2, and Systemd (for Logind)
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gdm
It is recommended to have a dedicated user and group to take
control of the gdm
daemon after it is started. Issue the following commands as the
root
user:
groupadd -g 21 gdm && useradd -c "GDM Daemon Owner" -d /var/lib/gdm -u 21 \ -g gdm -s /bin/false gdm
Install GDM by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var \ --disable-static && make
If you have installed Check-0.9.14 and you wish to run the testsuite, issue: make check.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
Install the systemd unit by running the following command as the
root
user:
install -v -m644 data/gdm.service /lib/systemd/system/gdm.service
--disable-static
: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
--with-initial-vt=7
: Use this switch to
make GDM start on VT7 instead of
the first free VT.
--with-default-pam-config=lfs
: Use this
switch if you did not create the /etc/lfs-release
file or distribution auto
detection will fail and you will be unable to use GDM.
The GDM daemon is configured using the /etc/gdm/custom.conf
file. Default values are
stored in GSettings in the gdm.schemas
file. It is recommended that
end-users modify the /etc/gdm/custom.conf
file because the schemas
file may be overwritten when the user updates their system to
have a newer version of GDM.
Last updated on 2014-08-25 18:22:00 -0700