On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:55:52 -0600, K. Brenden staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
> I recently installed Slackware 10 on my system, making it a dual boot.
> It runs just fine, and I use startx to get into KDE.
>
> To enable [starting kdm on boot], I simply changed the default
> runlevel in /etc/inittab from 3 to 4, then restarted.

I think you want runlevel 5, not 4, to start xdm/gdm/kdm on boot. 4 may
do the right thing, or it may not, depending on how your SysV init
scripts are set up.

> what I think was the kdm login manager. I tried logging in as my main
> user account, and I got the error message that said "Your login shell
> is not listed in /etc/shells" (or something like that).

Don't paraphrase error messages. So, what's the last field in the line
for your main user account in /etc/passwd ? You should have something
like "/bin/bash" or "/bin/tcsh" or "/bin/zsh" in there, and that shell
should be listed in /etc/shells . If the last field is empty, it might
still work, but it might not. It's best to fill that field with a valid
login shell.

> logging in as root from this screen, and it worked fine. How do I
> enable my regular account to log in from here?

Try fixing the thing that the desktop manager was complaining about
first, if that doesn't work, check /var/log/kdm.log for more information
about what went wrong.

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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:55:52 -0600,
K. Brenden , in
wrote:

>+ error message that said "Your login shell is not listed in /etc/shells"
>+ (or something like that). I then tried logging in as root from this
>+ screen, and it worked fine. How do I enable my regular account to log
>+ in from here?

Login as root.

cd /etc

grep passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
^^^^^^^^^the shell
more shells

check that the answer from the grep is in shells. If your paraphase
is accurate, it won't be there. Just add your shell. Are you running a
non-standard shell?

James
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Dances With Crows wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:55:52 -0600, K. Brenden staggered into the Black
> Sun and said:
>
>>I recently installed Slackware 10 on my system, making it a dual boot.
>>It runs just fine, and I use startx to get into KDE.
>>
>>To enable [starting kdm on boot], I simply changed the default
>>runlevel in /etc/inittab from 3 to 4, then restarted.
>
>
> I think you want runlevel 5, not 4, to start xdm/gdm/kdm on boot. 4 may
> do the right thing, or it may not, depending on how your SysV init
> scripts are set up.
>
According to the comments in /etc/inittab, runlevel 5 isn't really used,
and therefore is just configured to be the same as runlevel 3. I guess
they didn't use it for anything in Slackware.
>
>>what I think was the kdm login manager. I tried logging in as my main
>>user account, and I got the error message that said "Your login shell
>>is not listed in /etc/shells" (or something like that).
>
>
> Don't paraphrase error messages. So, what's the last field in the line
> for your main user account in /etc/passwd ? You should have something
> like "/bin/bash" or "/bin/tcsh" or "/bin/zsh" in there, and that shell
> should be listed in /etc/shells . If the last field is empty, it might
> still work, but it might not. It's best to fill that field with a valid
> login shell.
>
In my defence, it's not a paraphase; it's accurate save for possible
minor and unimportant wording differences (I didn't remember it word for
word) and the message is still clear.

Thanks for the tip, though, I didn't think of looking in /etc/passwd,
but I will when I'm back at my linux box. I do know that all the major
shells (or all the ones I know of) are listed in /etc/shells, but it's
possible the entry for my user account in /etc/passwd has that part
missing. If it is, I'll just put it to bash, as that's what it should
be anyway.
>
>>logging in as root from this screen, and it worked fine. How do I
>>enable my regular account to log in from here?
>
>
> Try fixing the thing that the desktop manager was complaining about
> first, if that doesn't work, check /var/log/kdm.log for more information
> about what went wrong.
>
I'm guessing the difference is that for the root account, there is a
login shell entry in /etc/passwd, while for my regular user account,
there isn't.

Thanks.