--- slim.conf.orig	2010-08-25 11:52:23.000000000 -0400
+++ slim.conf	2010-08-25 11:58:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
 default_path        /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
 default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
-#xserver_arguments   -dpi 75
+xserver_arguments   -nolisten tcp -br -deferglyphs 16 vt07
 
 # Commands for halt, login, etc.
 halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 # Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
-# numlock             on
+numlock             on
 
 # Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
 # Valid values: true|false
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 # 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
+# login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
+login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login /usr/share/slim/Xsession %session
 
 # Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
 # They can be used for registering a X11 session with
@@ -41,20 +42,30 @@
 #
 # sessionstart_cmd	some command
 # sessionstop_cmd	some command
+sessionstart_cmd	/usr/bin/sessreg -a -l :0.0 %user
+sessionstop_cmd     /usr/bin/sessreg -d -l :0.0 %user
 
 # Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
 # Note that this can be overriden by the command line
 # options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
-# daemon	yes
+daemon	yes
 
-# Available sessions (first one is the default).
-# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
+# Available sessions:
+# The current chosen session name replaces %session in the login_cmd
 # above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
+# If no session is chosen (via F1), %session will be an empty string.
 # see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
-sessions            xfce4,icewm-session,wmaker,blackbox
+#sessions            xfce4,icewm-session,wmaker,blackbox
+# Alternatively, read available sessions from a directory of scripts:
+#sessiondir           /etc/X11/Sessions
+# Or, read available sessions from the xsessions desktop files --
+# note that this may provide a full path to the session executable!
+sessiondir	/usr/share/xsessions
 
-# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
+# Executed when pressing F11 (requires media-gfx/imagemagick for import)
+# Alternative is media-gfx/scrot. See Gentoo bug 252241 for more info.
 screenshot_cmd      import -window root /slim.png
+#screenshot_cmd      scrot /root/slim.png
 
 # welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
 welcome_msg         Welcome to %host
@@ -83,8 +91,8 @@
 # randomly choose from
 current_theme       default
 
-# Lock file
-lockfile            /var/run/slim.lock
+# Lock file, /etc/init.d/xdm expects slim.pid
+lockfile            /run/slim.pid
 
 # Log file
 logfile             /var/log/slim.log