SLiM login upgrade warning!

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-04-12 12:47

There is a new slim deb in the repository.
You should be prompted to update conf file to dev version (or something like that), choose N (no ) which is default.

If you chose Y(es) then you may find you get an X cursor at desktop.

To fix: Ctrl Alt F1 to get out of X.
Login as root
Use mc or nano to edit /etc/slim.conf to change default user from demo to your username.
Save and reboot into X.

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-04-12 17:06

Uploaded later version slim_1.3.6.5.3 that should avoid this.
User may need to set up autologin again.

Dschzz · posted: 2013-04-13 09:42

Loggin in using SLiM starts an instance of dbus-launch and one of dbus-daemon.
Logging out leaves them running as the no-more-logged-in user.
Logging in again starts another instance of them, so, the more you login and logout using SLiM, the more dbus-* processes are left in memory.

The fix:
- login as root
- open /etc/slim.conf with a text editor
- find the following line:
login_cmd exec dbus-launch /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1
- and change it to
login_cmd exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1
- done.

Now the dbus-* processes exit when the user logs out __{{emoticon}}__ The memory leakage is gone, no processes are left running when a user logs out. __{{emoticon}}__

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-04-13 09:56

Thanks for that Dschzz.

The latest slim doesn't need the dbus-launch anymore, so the line should read:

login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1

Alanarchy · posted: 2013-04-22 10:12

Slim updated again this morning (AntiX 13 64 Bit) and after shutting down a restarting all I get is a black screen. I tired that thing with changing"demo" to"alan" but still nothing. I can't even do an ctrl/alt/F1 to get a console.

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-04-22 10:46

There should be a backup copy of slim.conf in /etc/.

Can you post the contents of /etc/slim.conf.

Alanarchy · posted: 2013-04-22 12:02

This is the version on the 64 Bit Box:

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# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path        ./:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments   -nolisten tcp

# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /usr/local/bin/shutdown.sh 
reboot_cmd          /usr/local/bin/reboot.sh 
console_cmd         /usr/bin/urxvt -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T"Console login" -e /bin/sh -c"/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd        /usr/sbin/suspend

# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path         /usr/bin/xauth 

# Xauth file for server
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth
# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
numlock             off

# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
hidecursor          true

# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
#
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd         exec /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession %session 
login_cmd         exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1
# login_cmd exec dbus-launch /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1

# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
#
sessionstart_cmd   /usr/bin/sessreg -a -l $DISPLAY %user
sessionstop_cmd       /usr/bin/sessreg -d -l $DISPLAY %user

# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can overridden by the command line
# option"-d"
# daemon    yes

# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions            icewm,Rox-icewm,fluxbox,Rox-fluxbox,jwm,Rox-jwm,dwm,wmii 

# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd      scrot /tmp/slim.png

# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg         (Press F1 to toggle sessions)

# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg       The system is shutting down...
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...

# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to"yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password      no

# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to"yes" to enable this feature
auto_login          yes

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user        alan

# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to 
# randomly choose from
current_theme       antiX

# Lock file
lockfile            /var/run/slim.lock

# Log file
logfile             /var/log/slim.log

But I notice on this box, which I haven't updated, it goes:

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xserver_arguments   -dpi 96 -nolisten tcp

Running on the live disk and checking /var/slim.log with Rox, it's saying

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slim: pam_open_session(): user not known to the underlying authentication module

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-04-22 12:21

You haven't set default user correctly. You forgot to remove the #

default_user alan

Alanarchy · posted: 2013-04-22 12:30

My humble apologies anticapitalista. I'm having a senior moment day today. __{{emoticon}}__

Xorg-server updated yesterday, and I forgot about reinstalling the graphics drivers. smxi fixed things in about a minute.

I'll go stand in the corner now for my stupidity. __{{emoticon}}__

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-04-22 12:36

LOL! Never mind, your slim.conf does look wrong though.

Alanarchy · posted: 2013-04-22 12:46

Now I can see it proerly:

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# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path        ./:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments   -nolisten tcp

# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /usr/local/bin/persist-config --shutdown --command halt 
reboot_cmd          /usr/local/bin/persist-config --shutdown --command reboot 
console_cmd         /usr/bin/urxvt -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T"Console login" -e /bin/sh -c"/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd        /usr/sbin/suspend

# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path         /usr/bin/xauth 

# Xauth file for server
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth
# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
numlock             off

# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
hidecursor          true

# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
#
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd         exec /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession %session 
login_cmd         exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1
# login_cmd exec dbus-launch /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1

# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
#
sessionstart_cmd   /usr/bin/sessreg -a -l $DISPLAY %user
sessionstop_cmd       /usr/bin/sessreg -d -l $DISPLAY %user

# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can overridden by the command line
# option"-d"
# daemon    yes

# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions            icewm,Rox-icewm,fluxbox,Rox-fluxbox,jwm,Rox-jwm,dwm,wmii 

# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd      scrot /tmp/slim.png

# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg         (Press F1 to toggle sessions)

# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg       The system is shutting down...
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...

# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to"yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password      no

# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to"yes" to enable this feature
auto_login          yes

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user        alan

# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to 
# randomly choose from
current_theme       antiX

# Lock file
lockfile            /var/run/slim.lock

# Log file
logfile             /var/log/slim.log

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-04-22 12:57

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user alan

should be

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
default_user alan

Alanarchy · posted: 2013-04-22 13:09

Right, fixed that. I should know better. As a Fluxbox lover I used slim since back when it wasn't being updated by anybody.