lance simmons

I've got Debian running on an old tablet computer, and I'd like to have
it start an X session for me as soon as I boot up. (There's only one
user, me.) The xdm manpage is mysterious to me; does anyone know how to
do what I'm seeking?

Currently, xdm seems to require a keyboard to log in, but I mostly use
this machine with only a stylus. Better it just automatically logs me
in and starts an X session for me.

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jonathan dowland

I read this paragraph, and decided I should dissuade you from attempting this, but then...


....hmm, now that is an interesting situation. This might help:

Get the keyboard app xvkbd (there's a debian package for it). Edit the
kdm/xdm file Xsetup, add the line /usr/X11R6/bin/xvkbd & to the end,
just before exit 0. When you start kdm/xdm next you should see a
keyboard.
http://linux-tablet-pc.dhs.org/howto.html

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lance simmons

* Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@compsoc.dur.ac.uk> [031114 07:20]:

Thanks! That did the trick. The keyboard must be closed after login,
but that's no big deal.

The Xsetup file has been dropped from the Debian xdm package, so I had
to create a new file called "Xsetup" that contained just a script with
the appropriate command.

Thanks again!

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jonathan dowland

No problem - I hope to own a tablet pc in the future and I'm glad to see
there is already some support. Best of luck in future!

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jonathan dowland

If you've confirmed that modifying Xsetup introduces this problem, try
checking the docs then contacting the maintainers to see what the 'proper'
way to achieve what you are trying to achieve is (assuming there is a
'proper' way). Then report it as a bug. Hopefully all the problems will
be ironed out before I join the ranks of tablet users ;-)

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