[techtalk] How do I get rid of login screen

[moebius at ip-solutions.net]

Hey Davida,
   It sounds like you should move /etc/inittab to runlvl 
5 to startx. Then in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/* find where it 
points to xdm (the display manager) and replace that 
with a shell to startx. Somewhere along the line though 
you going to have to worry about /bin/login which 
handles request to login on a tty. It should be 
somewhere in the runlevel configs, although I'm not 
sure. Anyhow, I understood what you meant, have never 
tried it, and this idea is not tested just off the top 
of my head.
HTH,
Harry

Quoting Davida Schiff <dschiff at entrypoint.com>:

> I guess I was not clear. I am setting up this PC for 
my mom. I want her to
> be able to power on and have the PC go directly into 
the GNOME desktop. No
> user (or root) login screen at all.  I have already 
figured out how to get
> rid of the splash and help screens that come up by 
default. This is just to
> play games with.  Thanks again
>
> Davida
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl-Heinz Zimmer" <khz at snafu.de>
> To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 1:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] How do I get rid of login 
screen
>
>
> > Hi Davida,
> >
> > on 28.01.00, 22:39:59, you wrote:
> >
> > > I want to boot directly into the GNOME desktop
> > > (similar to starting up a MAC). No GUI log in
> > > screen either.
> >
> > > Thanks,
> >
> > Not having listened to the discussion before I am
> > not sure if I get it correctly, but it seems to me
> > that you want to log in into Single User Mode, 
right?
> >
> > Davida, are you absolutely sure you want to do that?  
??
> >
> > It's quite unnormal for a UNIX system to be started 
that
> > way and there are some disadvantaged by doing so, I 
think
> > it could be wise to read *some* documentation before 
ta-
> > king such a decision: once you really know what it 
means
> > you might(?) rather decide to accept the annoying 
login
> > procedure...  ;-)
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Karl-Heinz
> > --
> > K.-H. Zimmer     *     Hamburg     *     Germany
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Harry Hoffman
Product Systems Specialist
Restaurants Unlimited Inc.
(206) 634-3082 x. 270

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