Re: GDM configuration

[Allan Third <allan grelb src gla ac uk>]

Hi,

> At 12:22 16.02.99 +0000, you wrote:
> >> Erm. You need a #!/bin/sh on the first line. And check your
> >> permissions.
> ><slaps forehead> DOH!
> 
> Regarding that question: How did you manage to execute the script on your
> X-display. My problem is that whenever I try to access X-display it gives a
> Xlib error: connection on "0:0" refused. I am running gdm with user/group=
>  gdm.
> So neither root nor any user have access to the display before anyone is
> logged
> in.
> Any chance to change that?

As far as I can remember, the "Default" script is:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/X11R6/bin/xv -root -quit /opt/gnome/etc/background.jpeg

in /opt/gnome/etc/gdm/Init/, with permissions rwxr-xr-x, owned by root.root.

Is that any help at all?

TTFN

Allan

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