lxdm-0.5.3

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 26. Display Managers

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# lxdm-0.5.3

## Introduction to LXDM

The LXDM is a lightweight Display Manager for the LXDE desktop. It can also be used as an alternative to other Display Managers such as GNOME's GDM or LightDM.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/lxdm/lxdm-0.5.3.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 061caae432634e6db38bbdc84bc6ffa0

- Download size: 236 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 5.6 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### LXDM Dependencies

#### Required

GTK+-2.24.32, ISO Codes-4.1, and librsvg-2.44.12 (runtime, for default theme background)

#### Recommended

ConsoleKit2-1.2.1 and Linux-PAM-1.3.0

#### Optional

GTK+-3.24.5

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/lxdm

## Installation of LXDM

First, some fixes.

    cat > pam/lxdm << "EOF"
    # Begin /etc/pam.d/lxdm

    auth     requisite      pam_nologin.so
    auth     required       pam_env.so
    auth     include        system-auth

    account  include        system-account

    password include        system-password

    session  required       pam_limits.so
    session  include        system-session

    # End /etc/pam.d/lxdm
    EOF

    sed -i 's:sysconfig/i18n:profile.d/i18n.sh:g' data/lxdm.in &&
    sed -i 's:/etc/xprofile:/etc/profile:g' data/Xsession &&
    sed -e 's/^bg/#&/'        \
        -e '/reset=1/ s/# //' \
        -e 's/logou$/logout/' \
        -e "/arg=/a arg=$XORG_PREFIX/bin/X" \
        -i data/lxdm.conf.in

Install LXDM by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr     \
                --sysconfdir=/etc \
                --with-pam        \
                --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

cat > pam/lxdm << "EOF" ...: Replace default `/etc/pam.d/lxdm` by another one appropriate for BLFS.

sed -i ... data/lxdm.conf.in: Modifications in the default configuration: (1) fix the background to the default one; (2) restart X when session is close; (3) typo; and (4) include `XORG_PREFIX`, which may be different from `/usr`.

sed -i ... data/Xsession: Source `/etc/profile`, instead of other file, according to BLFS standard.

sed -i ... data/lxdm.in: Fix greeter's locale for BLFS specification.

`--with-pam`: This parameter enables use of pam authentication.

`--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no`: BLFS does not support systemd.

## Configuring LXDM

### Config Files

`/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf`

### Boot Script

Install the `/etc/rc.d/init.d/lxdm` init script from the blfs-bootscripts-20180105 package.

    make install-lxdm

### Configuration Information

The LXDM daemon configuration file (`/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf`) specifies options that include numlock on/off, background image (bg), session, etc. You can set a default session by uncommenting the line: session=/usr/bin/startlxde and replacing startlxde with your session of choice. For GNOME session=/usr/bin/gnome-session. For OPENBOX session=/usr/bin/openbox-session and for XFCE session=/usr/bin/startxfce4.

It is also possible to set the preferred session on a per-user basis by editing the ~/.dmrc file for each user and adding:

    [Desktop]
            Session=xfce

You can replace the default dummy face in the greeting screen by another image representing your user. For that, copy or symlink the desired image to your home directory with the name `.face`.

### Starting lxdm

You can manually start lxdm, e.g, if the bootscript has been installed, by running, as `root` user:

    /etc/rc.d/init.d/lxdm start

By convention, X should be executed at runlevel 5, consequently, the same is true for lxdm. However, the LFS default runlevel is 3. Changing to runlevel 5, from the console (as `root` user) starts the lxdm bootscript and presents the greeter screen:

    init 5

In order to permanently set the default to 5, starting the lxdm greeter screen automatically, you can modify `/etc/inittab`. As the `root` user:

    cp -v /etc/inittab{,-orig} &&
    sed -i '/initdefault/ s/3/5/' /etc/inittab

### Note

One important script, executed after login is `/etc/lxdm/Xsession` which we have fixed to fit BLFS specifications.

## Contents

Installed Programs: lxdm, lxdm-binary and lxdm-config
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/lxdm and /usr/share/lxdm

### Short Descriptions

lxdm | is a script to execute lxdm-binary
lxdm-binary | is the actual Display Manager; needs to be executed with option `-d` to daemonize
lxdm-config | is a graphical customizing program

Last updated on 2019-02-20 17:33:51 -0600

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