Difference between revisions of "Configure Display Manager"

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This guide focuses on using xfce4 as a display manager. Xfce4 is lightweight and highly customizable.

check your make.conf for the following USE flags: USE="-gnome -kde -minimal -qt3 -qt4 X branding dbus hal lock session startup-notification thunar"

now emerge xfce and some other related packages.

$ sudo emerge -av xfce4-meta xfce4-mixer thunar-archive-plugin x11-terms/terminal xfce4-screenshooter galculator gedit mesa-progs

once the emerge has completed, you'll want to add yourself and any other users to the necessary groups. Simply substitute in your desired users for username below.

$ for x in plugdev cdrom cdrw usb ; do sudo gpasswd -a username $x ; done

to start xfce with xwindows

$ sudo echo "exec startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc

Next you'll want to Configure Login Manager.

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-option 1: xfce
+This guide focuses on using xfce4 as a display manager. Xfce4 is lightweight and highly customizable.
 check your make.conf for the following USE flags:
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 now emerge xfce and some other related packages.
-  '''$''' sudo emerge -av xfce4-meta xfce4-mixer thunar-archive-plugin x11-terms/terminal slim xfce4-screenshooter galculator gedit mesa-progs
+  '''$''' sudo emerge -av xfce4-meta xfce4-mixer thunar-archive-plugin x11-terms/terminal xfce4-screenshooter galculator gedit mesa-progs
+once the emerge has completed, you'll want to add yourself and any other users to the necessary groups. Simply substitute in your desired users for ''username'' below.
-once the emerge has completed, you'll want to add yourself and any other users to the necessary groups.
+ '''$''' for x in plugdev cdrom cdrw usb ; do sudo gpasswd -a ''username'' $x ; done
-for x in plugdev cdrom cdrw usb ; do sudo gpasswd -a username $x ; done
+to start xfce with xwindows
-update your environment
+ '''$''' sudo echo "exec startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc
-sudo env-update && source /etc/profile
+Next you'll want to [[Configure Login Manager]].
-start the necessary services and add them to startup
-sudo /etc/init.d/hald start
-sudo rc-update add hald default
-start xfce with xwindows
-sudo echo "exec startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc
-add x to startup
-sudo rc-update add xdm default
-edit xdm to start slim at startup
-sudo nano -w /etc/conf.d/xdm
-DISPLAYMANAGER="slim"
-start xfce session right away
-sudo nano -w /etc/rc.conf
-XSESSION="Xfce4"
-####################### option 2: gnome
-gnome has many more built in components than xfce. it provides a more complete desktop experience, rather than a lightweight one.
-sudo emerge -pv gnome | more
-check to see if there are any blocks. If there are any blocked packages, you may have to upgrade or downgrade certain packages. Refer to the using portage section for more info.
-* note Feb 13 2009 *
-some gnome components such as epiphany require components that are components of firefox 2.0, so firefox 2 will be dragged into the emerge as a dependency unless epiphany and epiphany-extensions are built with the xulrunner USE flag. Most users will want firefox 3, so
-nano /etc/portage/package.use
-and add
-www-client/epiphany xulrunner
-www-client/epiphany-extensions xulrunner
-gnome-extra/yelp xulrunner
-media-video/totem xulrunner
-* end note *
-if you're confident your desktop manager will install successfully, start the emerge.
-sudo emerge -av gnome
-this will take a while, so go have a coffee. when the emerge is done
-sudo env-update
-source /etc/profile
-we now add these services to the default runlevel.
-sudo /etc/init.d/hald start
-sudo rc-update add hald default
-sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start
-sudo rc-update add dbus default
-sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd start
-sudo rc-update add avahi-dnsconfd default
-to start gnome with X and when the system boots
-sudo echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc
-sudo rc-update add xdm default
-sudo nano -w /etc/conf.d/xdm
-and change the line to as below:
-DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"
-let's also add ourselves to the plugdev group so we can mount cdroms and usb devices.
-sudo usermod -a -G plugdev <your username>
-before you continue it is a good idea to check your dynamic linking consistency. if you haven't
-already,
-sudo emerge gentoolkit
-sudo revdep-rebuild
-the revdep-rebuild will fix any associations that may have been broken during the installation.
-now, you should be able to reboot your computer and if everything has installed correctly, you
-should be welcomed by gnome's login manager.
-now we are finally in a graphical environment- hooray! open a terminal using gnome's application
-menu. now we can begin system customization.

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