Re: Xfce 4 + LXDM problem
On Thu, 09 May 2013 09:41:58 -0500
Patrick <pwthomas95@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> On 5/8/2013 12:12 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 May 2013 13:19:29 -0700
> > Alan Ianson <agianson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:55:33 -0500
> >> Patrick Thomas <pwthomas95@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I installed LXDM. I could not get it to run it as the default
> >>> display manager (yes, I had /usr/sbin/lxdm
> >>> in /etc/X11/default-display-manager), I had to login and run it
> >>> from tty. I managed to fix that by adding lxdm before exit 0 in
> >>> rc.local, now my only problem is after I log in through lxdm it
> >>> tries to use lightdm-xsession. I don't have and never have
> >>> installed lightdm or lightdm-xsession or whatever package it is
> >>> looking for, so when it can't find it, it says it can't find it
> >>> and its falling back to default session and I have to click ok to
> >>> continue. So its just a mild irritation, but still. Here is the
> >>> exact message it gives me:
> >>>
> >>> Xsession: unable to launch "lightdm-xsession" xsession ---
> >>> "lightdm-xsession" not found; falling back to default session.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas?
> >> Not sure about lightdm or lxdm. I use slim with xfce and have no
> >> issues.
> >>
> > To the OP:
> > Try opening a terminal and typing:
> > sudo dpkg-reconfigure *dm*
> > where the first * is whatever dm you are already using and the last
> > one is for anything after the 'dm' part. For instance, if your dm
> > is gdm3:
> > sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
> > I use xdm and the output of the command
> > sudo dpkg-reconfigure xdm
> > for me is a dialog box offering xdm, wdm and gdm3.
> >
> > Choose which you want.
> >
> > Cybe R. Wizard
> Before lxdm I had xdm. I never had lightdm though. When it boots it
> opens lxdm. After I login with lxdm it pops up the annoying message, I
> click ok and it loads up. Its not a "problem", but it is /very/
> annoying. When I use "dpkg-reconfigure lxdm" I get:
>
> insserv: warning: script 'lxdm' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for
> script `lxdm'
> insserv: Default-Stop undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for
> script `lxdm'
This discussion may be of some help:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=55975
Cybe R Wizard
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