From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G9OlN-00047a-6L for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:12:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k75GA0mE019244; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:10:00 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k75G5tla005244 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:05:56 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4310664550 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:05:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03922-03 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:05:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C5AA64603 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1G9OeM-0005z9-Bi for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:05:18 +0200 Received: from 149.9.0.27 ([149.9.0.27]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:05:18 +0200 Received: from dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51 by 149.9.0.27 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:05:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51 Subject: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox without/with gdm ? Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:59:10 -0400 Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 149.9.0.27 User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.00 (Linux) Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=4.661 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, FROM_HAS_MIXED_NUMS=2.155, FROM_LOCAL_NOVOWEL=2.861, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.5, SARE_FREE_WEBM_NetSafe=0.667, TW_GD=0.077] X-Spam-Score: 4.661 X-Spam-Level: **** X-Archives-Salt: 4ad5f47a-1b81-4c5c-98e2-67168d839911 X-Archives-Hash: 4a5079454adb3a7e8ced7a516fb1da35 Tiring of bloat, I removed everything kde-ish and installed fluxbox - without installing gdm (gdm was recommended in the Gentoo fluxbox doc, but I figured I didn't need the GUI startup. (bloat avoidance)). I tweaked .initrc, startx'd and fluxbox was great......... except....when entering passwords (e.g. su; gpg), I'd frequently have to reenter 5-8 times. Out of desparation, I emerged gdm (without xdm startup) and BANG - password problem cured! Please explain why this happened!? How does GDM affect fluxbox which is invoked by startx/.initrc?? TIA -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list