[arch-general] gdm not found when booting into runlevel 5

[Aaron Griffin]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:39 PM, David Rosenstrauch <darose at darose.net> wrote:
> Aaron Griffin wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Nigel Henry
>> <cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there some file that I need to edit, in order to use gdm as the
>>> display
>>> manager?
>>>
>>> Nigel.
>>
>> You need to edit /etc/inittab
>
>
> Not saying you're wrong, but personally I've never edited the inittab file,
> and I'm still able to start whatever DM I want.
>
> Just adding the appropriate DM (e.g., gdm, kdm, slim, etc.) to the end of
> the DAEMONS line in rc.conf has always done the trick for me.

You're correct - I personally don't edit inittab either. I use rc.conf
for slim as well. But, his question was regarding "which file to
edit", so I figured I'd answer directly.