Christopher Svanefalk [2011.09.19 2244 +0200]:
(Brent, sorry for initially sending this to your private mail instead of the list, my mistake!)
Thanks to both of you for the kind replies!
Alright, having learnt a bit more about the system, I was thinking this: I could just run the standard GDM (long history, low dependencies), and then run xmonad through it. However, I need to resolve how to get the system to automatically run GDM after booting? Is there a config file I can hack to accomplish this?
Thanks in advance!
How to do this depends on your OS/distro. Some distros have an init script to start the display manager. Other distros prefer to add the display manager as an entry in /etc/telinit and distinguish between running the window manager or not by altering the runlevel of the system. The documentation available for your distro should provide the necessary information. Cheers, Norbert