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
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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
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If you dont have a .profile in your /home then simply copy it from /etc with:
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In /etc/inittab
commentout
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#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
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1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_USER_NAME tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1Now you need to edit .profile and at the bottom add the following command and save
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startxIf 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