Log on and off automatically with GDM on

[Markstar]

Hi,
I installed 9.10 Server + IceWM. What I would like now is to start IceWM automatically with a certain user and also shut down the computer when I log off. For this, GDM was suggested to me but sadly, since I'm not an Ubuntu expert yet, I can't get it to work. :(

I tried using "gksudo gdmsetup" and the window "Login Screen Settings" appeared, but everything was greyed out. When I clicked on "Unlock", this was displayed in the terminal:

markstar@e6700:~$ gksudo gdmsetup
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: init delay=30
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Failed to identify the current session: Unable to loo
kup session information for process '1433'

** (gdmsetup:1433): WARNING **: Error calling GetValue('daemon/TimedLoginDelay')
: Key not found

** (gdmsetup:1433): WARNING **: Unable to find users: no seat-id found
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: explicitly skipping user: nobody
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: user icon changed
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: adding monitor for '/home/testuser1/.face'
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: user icon changed
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: adding monitor for '/home/testuser2/.face'
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: user icon changed
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: adding monitor for '/home/testuser3/.face'
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: user icon changed
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: adding monitor for '/home/testuser4/.face'
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Getting list of sessions for user 1003
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Found 0 sessions for user testuser4
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Getting list of sessions for user 1002
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Found 0 sessions for user testuser3
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Getting list of sessions for user 1001
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Found 0 sessions for user testuser2
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Getting list of sessions for user 1000
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: Found 2 sessions for user testuser1
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: not adding session on other seat: /or
g/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
** (gdmsetup:1433): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: not adding session on other seat: /or
g/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session3
Am I missing something?

Also (maybe I should open another topic for this), I can't get it so IceWM shuts down instead of going back to the GDM login screen. I'm supposed to edit the IceWM preferences and change the ShutdownCommand to "gksudo shutdown -h now" and ConfirmLogout=0. However, these settings have no effect.

The first problem is more important, but I would really like to get both to work.

Thank you in advance for your help!

[earthpigg]

hi,

im still exploring solutions to similar problems myself with the new gdm.

this may interest you:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1299214

and this may:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/gdm-2.20

and this:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gnome_2.28_Changes

[Markstar]

Thanks for your reply!

Sadly, I am not ready to compile packages and I don't really everything that is being said the gdm manual.

All I see that I can do for now is that they fix this somehow, right (because you wrote in the other thread that gdm is broken)?