how to bypass gdm on debian

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how to bypass gdm on debian

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GDM doesnt work too well if you have a touchscreen. I use the following to auto login users and to startx
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In /etc/inittab

commentout

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#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
add the following line

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1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_USER_NAME tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
Save and exit the file

Now you need to edit .profile and at the bottom add  the following command and save

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startx
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If you dont have a .profile in your /home then simply copy it from /etc with:

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sudo nano cp /etc/profile /home/webdt/.profile
Last edited by quotaholic on Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
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