STATUS updates
Some links of interest:
So this has been slightly enigmatic… trying to get logins working via xdm (it seemed to not be querying LDAP).
I re-checked my config, using the best reference:
I tried checking the logs.
But, the issue was apparently NOT LDAP.
This helpful post clued me in:
For if we start xdm with full debugging verbosity:
# xdm -debug 255 -nodaemon ...
We can clearly see it is kicking us out because the user's default shell (bash) is NOT listed in /etc/shells. Adding it fixed the problem and everything lit up as it should.
Now that I've gotten the xdm login situation resolved, it is time to apply configuration tweaks.
I thought to tinker with rotating the display orientations to the left, so monitors could be turned on their sides (freeing up a significant amount of desk space).
The basic trick is with xrandr, which I accomplished in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc:
xrandr --output VGA-0 --off --output DisplayPort-0 --mode 1280x1024 --pos 1280x0 --rotate left --output DVI-0 --mode 1280x1024 --pos 0x0 --rotate left
The lingering problem is that XDM logins do not appear to be workingeee