Author: randy
Date: 2006-06-24 12:12:21 -0600 (Sat, 24 Jun 2006)
New Revision: 6204
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/gnome/add/gdm.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
Log:
Updated to GDM-2.14.9
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-06-24 13:57:29 UTC (rev 6203)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-06-24 18:12:21 UTC (rev 6204)
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
<!ENTITY gnome-games-version "2.14.2">
<!ENTITY sound-juicer-version "2.14.4">
<!ENTITY totem-version "1.4.2">
-<!ENTITY gdm-version "2.14.7">
+<!ENTITY gdm-version "2.14.9">
<!-- Accessibility -->
<!ENTITY at-spi-version "1.7.7">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/gnome/add/gdm.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/gnome/add/gdm.xml 2006-06-24 13:57:29 UTC (rev 6203)
+++ trunk/BOOK/gnome/add/gdm.xml 2006-06-24 18:12:21 UTC (rev 6204)
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
- <!ENTITY gdm-download-http
"&gnome-download-http;/gdm/2.8/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
- <!ENTITY gdm-download-ftp
"&gnome-download-ftp;/gdm/2.8/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
- <!ENTITY gdm-md5sum "566a1e3d656b6b536414f287ead2db7e">
- <!ENTITY gdm-size "2.7 MB">
- <!ENTITY gdm-buildsize "51.2 MB">
- <!ENTITY gdm-time "0.7 SBU">
+ <!ENTITY gdm-download-http
"&gnome-download-http;/gdm/&gnome-version;/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
+ <!ENTITY gdm-download-ftp
"&gnome-download-ftp;/gdm/&gnome-version;/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
+ <!ENTITY gdm-md5sum "7e46bc3b0a5b08e79f1f2f1b869caf40">
+ <!ENTITY gdm-size "3.0 MB">
+ <!ENTITY gdm-buildsize "54.2 MB">
+ <!ENTITY gdm-time "0.6 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="gdm" xreflabel="GDM-&gdm-version;">
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
- <keywordset>
- <keyword role="package">gdm-&gdm-version;.tar</keyword>
- <keyword role="ftpdir">gdm</keyword>
- </keywordset>
</sect1info>
<title>GDM-&gdm-version;</title>
@@ -62,14 +58,23 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">GDM Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
- <para role="required"><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
- <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>, and
+ <para role="required"><xref linkend="libgnomecanvas"/>,
+ <xref linkend="gnome-doc-utils"/>, and
<xref linkend="librsvg"/></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/> and
- <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>
+ <para role="optional"><xref linkend="intltool"/>,
+ <xref linkend="zenity"/>,
+ <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
+ <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>,
+ <ulink url="http://www.openafs.org/";>OpenAFS</ulink>, and
+ PAM consolehelper</para>
+ <para>If you configure <application>GDM</application> to offer secure
+ connections to remote machines, you will need to have
+ <xref linkend="zenity"/>, <xref linkend="openssh"/> and
+ <xref linkend="which"/> installed.</para>
+
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gdm"/></para>
@@ -90,11 +95,11 @@
<para>Install <application>GDM</application> by running
the following commands as an unprivileged user:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix
ORBit-2.0` \
- --libexecdir=`pkg-config \
- --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/lib/gdm \
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix
ORBit-2.0) \
--sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; \
--localstatedir=/var/lib \
+ --libexecdir=$(pkg-config \
+ --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gdm \
--with-pam-prefix=/etc &&
make</userinput></screen>
@@ -109,8 +114,8 @@
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
- <para><parameter>--libexecdir=`pkg-config
- --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/lib/gdm</parameter>: This parameter is
+ <para><parameter>--libexecdir=$(pkg-config
+ --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gdm</parameter>: This parameter is
used so that the <application>GDM</application> internal support programs
are installed in
<filename class='directory'>$GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gdm</filename> instead
@@ -141,11 +146,11 @@
<sect3 id="gdm-config">
<title>Config Files</title>
- <para><filename>&gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/gdm.conf</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>&gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/custom.conf</filename></para>
<indexterm zone="gdm gdm-config">
- <primary
sortas="e-etc-gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;gdm-gdm.conf">
- &gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/gdm.conf</primary>
+ <primary
sortas="e-etc-gnome-&gnome-version;&gnome-minor-version;gdm-custom.conf">
+ &gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/custom.conf</primary>
</indexterm>
</sect3>
@@ -153,15 +158,25 @@
<sect3>
<title>Configuration Information</title>
+ <para>Starting with the 2.14.x version of GNOME, the default
+ configuration parameters are stored in a static file
+
(<filename><envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar>/share/gdm/defaults.conf</filename>).
+ This file is not intended to be edited. If modification of the
+ configuration is necessary, you should add parameters to the
+ <filename>&gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/custom.conf</filename> file. The settings
+ in this file will override the settings in the static file. The same
+ parameters in the static file are used in the configuration file.</para>
+
<para>Change the directory containing the <application>GDM</application>
log files to the <filename class='directory'>/var/log</filename>
hierarchy by creating a directory and modifying the
- <filename>&gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/gdm.conf</filename> configuration file.
Issue
+ <filename>&gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/custom.conf</filename> configuration file.
Issue
the following commands as the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /var/log/gdm &&
-sed -i "s|var/lib/log|var/log|" &gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/gdm.conf &&
+sed -i.orig "/\[daemon\]/ a LogDir=/var/log/gdm" \
+ &gnome-etc-dir;/gdm/custom.conf &&
rmdir -v /var/lib/log/gdm &&
rmdir -v /var/lib/log</userinput></screen>
@@ -257,8 +272,8 @@
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-gdm</userinput></screen>
- <para>To autostart with a graphical login, edit
- <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> so that the line containing:</para>
+ <para>Now edit <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> so that the line
+ containing:</para>
<screen><literal>id:3:initdefault:</literal></screen>
@@ -282,11 +297,12 @@
<seg>gdm, gdm-binary, gdm-dmx-reconnect-proxy, gdm-restart,
gdm-safe-restart, gdm-stop, gdmXnest, gdmXnestchooser, gdmdynamic,
gdmflexiserver, gdmphotosetup, gdmsetup, and gdmthemetester</seg>
- <seg>None</seg>
+ <seg>lib*mouselistener.{so,a} GTK+ modules</seg>
<seg>&gnome-etc-dir;/{,g}dm,
/var/lib/gdm,
- /var/log/gdm and the following directories in $GNOME_PREFIX/:
- share/{{,gnome/help/ ,omf/}gdm, gnome/capplets, xsessions}</seg>
+ /var/log/gdm and the following directories in
+ <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar>/:
+ share/{,gnome/help/ ,omf/}gdm</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-06-24 13:57:29 UTC
(rev 6203)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-06-24 18:12:21 UTC
(rev 6204)
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
<para>June 24th, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Updated to GDM-2.14.9.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Updated to Totem-1.4.2.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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