how to bypass gdm on debian
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:26 am
GDM doesnt work too well if you have a touchscreen. I use the following to auto login users and to startx
[quote]
In /etc/inittab
commentout
add the following line
Save and exit the file
Now you need to edit .profile and at the bottom add the following command and save
/quote]
If you dont have a .profile in your /home then simply copy it from /etc with:
[quote]
In /etc/inittab
commentout
Code: Select all
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
Code: Select all
1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_USER_NAME tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
Now you need to edit .profile and at the bottom add the following command and save
Code: Select all
startx
If you dont have a .profile in your /home then simply copy it from /etc with:
Code: Select all
sudo nano cp /etc/profile /home/webdt/.profile