Na lista DAEMONS que você postou, você tem gdm e slim . Eu não acho que você pode rodar ambos no mesmo display, e você provavelmente não quer gdm de qualquer maneira, então apenas remova-o da lista.
Estou tentando alterar meu gerenciador de login para SLiM e o tema que eu quero para minha tela de login é archlinux- simplesmenteblack:
[cesar@arch ~]$ ls -la /usr/share/slim/themes/
total 108
drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096 May 9 19:43 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 8 11:11 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 23 2008 archlinux-darch-grey
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 23 2008 archlinux-darch-white
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 23 2008 archlinux-retro
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 23 2008 archlinux-simplyblack
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 23 2008 archlinux-soft-grey
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 capernoited
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 debian-moreblue
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 8 11:11 default
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 fingerprint
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 flat
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 flower2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 isolated
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 lake
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 lotus-midnight
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 lotus-sage
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 lunar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 mindlock
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 parallel-dimensions
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 previous
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 rainbow
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 rear-window
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 scotland-road
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 subway
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 wave
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 25 04:16 zenwalk
Para executar o SLiM no momento da inicialização, editei meu /etc/rc.conf um peso adicional em DAEMONS (não alterei meu /etc/inittab ):
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal networkmanager net-profiles net-auto-wireless crond alsa gdm slim)
Eu criei o ~/.initrc :
#!/bin/sh
exec gnome-session
E também crie ~/.initrc executável:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cesar users 30 May 9 00:22 .xinitrc
Este é o que /var/log/slim.log mostra:
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Giving up.
slim: unable to connect to X server
/usr/bin/xauth: file /var/run/slim.auth does not exist
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyGiving up.
slim: unable to connect to X server
O que estou perdendo ou fazendo de errado?
EDIT: /etc/slim.conf
# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp vt07
# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd /usr/bin/xterm -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 on
# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
hidecursor false
# 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/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
# 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 some command
# sessionstop_cmd some command
# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# 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 gnome-session
# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd import -window root /slim.png
# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg Welcome to %host
# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg Session:
# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg The system is halting...
reboot_msg The system is rebooting...
# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user simone
# 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 no
# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to
# randomly choose from
current_theme archlinux-simplyblack
# Lock file
lockfile /var/lock/slim.lock
# Log file
logfile /var/log/slim.log