[Debian-eeepc-devel] Should I reinstall from scratch?

[Ben Armstrong]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:18:16 +0100
Dick Middleton <dick at fouter.net> wrote:

> Fabien wrote:
> >
> > If so, as I am a single user & nobody else use my eeePC, Do I need any 
> > session manager?
> > I've installed basic debian, gdm, x and lxde. Is gdm needed? What is the 
> > way to have a minimalist lxde install?
> 
> You can set auto login with gdm.  Use gdmsetup (sudo to root) and select 
> Security tab.  Set the Automatic Logon option.

But it's a lot of extra overhead, especially if your system is
otherwise free of gnome infrastructure. I do autologin without gdm.
Can't remember which site I picked the recipe off of. Might have been
debian-administration.org.

Ben

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