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GDM (GNOME Display Manager)

GDM is the Graphical Login Manager of GNOME.

Installation

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# pacman-g2 -S gdm


Then check in file /etc/sysconfig/desktop if only the line related to GDM is uncommented.


Automatic Login

To enable automatic login with GDM, add the following to /etc/gdm/custom.conf (replace user with the username that you want auto-logged in):

# Enable automatic login for user
[daemon]
AutomaticLogin=user
AutomaticLoginEnable=True


Activating Numlock

Install numlockx:

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# pacman-g2 -S numlockx


Then add the following code to /etc/gdm/Init/Default:

if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
      /usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
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