/opt/gnome2/gdm.conf, /opt/gnome2/gnomerc The GDM PAM config files contain modules not present in a BLFS installation. The following commands will replace those files: cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm << "EOF" auth required pam_unix.so auth required pam_nologin.so account required pam_unix.so password required pam_unix.so session required pam_unix.so EOF cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin << "EOF" auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_nologin.so auth required pam_permit.so account required pam_unix.so password required pam_unix.so session required pam_unix.so EOF gdm can be tested by executing it from a root console. To start a graphical login at boot, install /etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm init script included in the package. make install-gdm To autostart with a graphical login, edit /etc/inittab so that the line reading id:3:initdefault: is changed to id:5:initdefault: