Re: MATE Desktop fails

[Gottfried]

Hi,
> Have you tried switching into regular X.org (or into Wayland) using
> > the little sessions sprocket in the GDM login screen?

There is no possibility to do that.

I have got 2 options:

login to MATE or login to ENLIGHTENMENT Desktop.
that’s all.

Kind regards

Gottfried





Am 08.05.23 um 18:24 schrieb Felix Lechner:
> Hi Gottfried,
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 8:32 AM Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:
> > How can I install "lightdm" instead of "gdm"
>
> I have never used lightdm but I think it is reasonably popular. You
> may wish to wait for more responses before making such a drastic
> change.
>
> Have you tried switching into regular X.org (or into Wayland) using
> the little sessions sprocket in the GDM login screen?
>
> As for lightdm, the Guix reference manual offers an example
> configuration here. [1] You would probably also want to remove the
> gdm-service-type from %desktop-services with something like this:
>
> (services
>    (append
>      (list
>
>        [...]
>
>        (service lightdm-service-type))
>
>      (modify-services %desktop-services
>        (delete gdm-service-type))))
>
> That was typed by hand and is untested, but you can see a more general
> example here. [2]
>
> Kind regards
> Felix
>
> [1] https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/html_node/X-Window.html#lightdm
> [2] 
> https://codeberg.org/lechner/system-config/src/branch/history/host/lechner-desktop/operating-system.scm#L249

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