Excerpts from linuxchix: 1-Feb-100 Re: [techtalk] How do I get.. by
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> This is a decent idea. The tricky part is the autologin bit. I
> think this would involve replacing the console getty with something
> like "su -l mom" in /etc/ttys.
Make sure you only run it on 1 tty, othe
> I just thought of something, If you can get it to do an autologin for
> a user in textmode, then you can use I think .profile (?) to startx
> and .xinitrc to start what is wanted.
This is a decent idea. The tricky part is the autologin bit. I think this
would involve replacing the console ge
Davida Schiff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Karl,
It just seems like Linux should be able to boot right
>into GNOME's desktop the way (forgive me) Windows 3.10 does. Hope everyone's
>weekend was wonderful.
>
>Davida
I just thought of something, If you can get it to do an autologin for a user in
at
ulgy ;) login procedure: it would be most interesting if (if!)
you can do it without having you mother logged into as root.
Cheers,
Karl-Heinz
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Hope everyone's
weekend was wonderful.
Davida
- Original Message -
From: "Karl-Heinz Zimmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] How do I get rid of login screen
> On 28.01.00, 23:10:17,
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:09:52 GMT, Karl-Heinz Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >Sorry about that, but why not giving your mother a nice little
> >account e.g. called 'mom' without any password but reserve the true
> >'root' account for yourself to pre- vent her
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:09:52 GMT, Karl-Heinz Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Sorry about that, but why not giving your mother a nice little
>account e.g. called 'mom' without any password but reserve the true
>'root' account for yourself to pre- vent her from destroying the
>system by accident?
On 28.01.00, 23:10:17, Davida Schiff wrote:
> I guess I was not clear. I am setting up this PC for
> my mom. I want her to be able to power on and have
> the PC go directly into the GNOME desktop. No user
> (or root) login screen at all. I have already
> figured out how to get rid of the splash
to
play games with. Thanks again
Davida
- Original Message -
From: "Karl-Heinz Zimmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] How do I get rid of login screen
> Hi Davida,
>
> on 28.01.0
> I am using Red Hat 6.1 and was wondering if there's there a way to boot
> directly into gnome without having to log in (anywhere). I am setting up
> the PC for my mom and need it to be very user friendly.
Log in as root. Edit the file /etc/inittab. Change the line that reads:
id:3:initde
On Jan 28, Davida Schiff conjectured:
> Hi,
>
> I am using Red Hat 6.1 and was wondering if there's there a way to boot directly
>into gnome without having to log in (anywhere). I am setting up the PC for my mom and
>need it to be very user friendly.
>
I've never done this, but from what I
Hi Davida,
on 28.01.00, 22:39:59, you wrote:
> I want to boot directly into the GNOME desktop
> (similar to starting up a MAC). No GUI log in
> screen either.
> Thanks,
Not having listened to the discussion before I am
not sure if I get it correctly, but it seems to me
that you want to log in
Ok,
I havent been reading all of the posts in this thread thusfar, but here
are my two cents. If this has been suggested earlier, please dont
flame me.
create a shell script called login that will assume your mothers
username and start xwindows automatically. Then move it to where the
exist
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 12:32 PM
Subject: RE: [techtalk] How do I get rid of login screen
>
> > I am using Red Hat 6.1 and was wondering if there's there a way to boot
> > directly into gnome without having to log in
st to
> play games with. Thanks again
>
> Davida
> - Original Message -
> From: "Karl-Heinz Zimmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 1:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] How do I get rid of logi
> I am using Red Hat 6.1 and was wondering if there's there a way to
> boot directly into gnome without having to log in (anywhere).
This is off the top of my head, so you'll probably have to play around before
it actually works. The basic idea is that you replace xdm in the boot process
with
Hi,
I am using Red Hat 6.1 and was wondering if there's
there a way to boot directly into gnome without having to log in (anywhere). I
am setting up the PC for my mom and need it to be very user friendly.
Thanks,
Davida
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