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Bug 49464 - Gnome chapter of the Desktop Configuration Guide inproperly indicates how to setup gdm at bootup
Summary: Gnome chapter of the Desktop Configuration Guide inproperly indicates how to ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Desktop Configuration Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2004-04-29 22:13 UTC by Chris White (RETIRED)
Modified: 2004-04-30 00:15 UTC (History)
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Description Chris White (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-29 22:13:50 UTC 
In the gnome section of the desktop configuration guide, it shows how to setup gdm to startup at boot time as such:

If you want the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) to run automatically when you boot (so you can log on graphically), you must add the xdm init script to the default runlevel:

Code Listing 7: Adding xdm to the default runlevel

# rc-update add gdm default

This is incorrect however, as xdm is supposed to be setup as is shown at the bottom of the chapter:

Code Listing 9: Editing /etc/rc.conf

DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"


Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Chris White (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-29 22:15:14 UTC 
Arg, incomplete post:

I'd like to thank INDIE for reporting this bug to the attention of #gentoo-bugs.  If not, this would probably be unresolved for awhile :).
Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-30 00:15:02 UTC 
Indeed, thanks for reporting/noticing (both of you :). I've fixed this in CVS.