Re: LightDM and .dmrc

[Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>]

Nicolas George (12025-01-30):
> So, in short, and in reverse order:
> 
> With gdm3, users are logged into the kind of session they used last.
> 
> With lightdm with users list, same.
> 
> With lighdm and the default config of hidden users list, users are
> logged into the kind of session chosen by the last person who chose one.
> 
> The behavior of lighdm without users list seems invalid. Do you agree? I
> want to check before submitting a bug report.

I have tried all the display managers listed in this page:

<https://wiki.debian.org/DisplayManager>

- lightdm does not take `~/.dmrc` into consideration unless users list
  is shown;

- sddm, slim, wdm do not take `~/.dmrc` into consideration at all;

- xdm does not take `~/.dmrc` into consideration and does not let users
  choose;

- gdm3 uses some kind of windows-like registry for its configuration and
  the documented way to disable the users list
  <https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/login-userlist-disable.html.en>
  has no effect;

- lxdm is not in Trixie.

I want a display manager that
(1) does not try to display a list of users, there are thousands;
(2) lets users choose their session type, remembers the choice and takes
    it into account;
(3) has a eye button to see the password being typed.

It seems (1)+(2) are too much to ask, except for Gnome where just (1) is
too much ask.

I know how to work around the lack of (2), but it is ugly.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George