Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Frank McCormick
I thought I would try out lightdm today instead of GDM3...but after installation and telling the configure script to use lightdm, I end up with a blank screen and a cursor...no login facility. Am I missing something ? Aptitude installed light dm and the greeter. -- Cheers Frank -- To

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Sharon Kimble
I installed lightdm last night, and got it working okay. Did you do anything with /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ? I suspect not, but that's where its configurations are set. And once they're set I rebooted to make sure it would work, and it did. Good luck Sharon. On 26 December 2012 16:39, Frank

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Frank McCormick
On 26/12/12 12:05 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: I installed lightdm last night, and got it working okay. Did you do anything with /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ? I suspect not, but that's where its configurations are set. And once they're set I rebooted to make sure it would work, and it did. Good luck

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:25:41 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): What did you change. It's my understanding it should run out of the box Thanks -- Cheers Frank It should, but it doesnt, at least in wheezy it doesn't. It gets stuck somehow. I guess the runlevel services get messed up,

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Sharon Kimble
I changed virtually all of the [LightDM] section, and some of the [SeatDefaults], and I'm on wheezy too. Sharon. On 26 December 2012 17:41, Klistvud klist...@gmail.com wrote: Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:25:41 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): What did you change. It's my understanding it should

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Frank McCormick
On 26/12/12 12:41 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:25:41 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): What did you change. It's my understanding it should run out of the box Thanks -- Cheers Frank It should, but it doesnt, at least in wheezy it doesn't. It gets stuck somehow. I guess the

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:56:28 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): On 26/12/12 12:41 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:25:41 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): What did you change. It's my understanding it should run out of the box Thanks -- Cheers Frank It should, but it doesnt, at least in

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Sharon Kimble
You need to run this 'dpkg-reconfigure lightdm' and choose 'lightdm', and you can show this by 'leafpad /etc/X11/default-display-manager' which should also show 'lightdm'. Then amend 'leafpad /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf' to show ;- [LightDM] start-default-seat=true greeter-user=lightdm

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Frank McCormick
On 26/12/12 01:39 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:56:28 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): On 26/12/12 12:41 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:25:41 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): What did you change. It's my understanding it should run out of the box Thanks -- Cheers Frank

Re: Lightdm doesn't load

2012-12-26 Thread Frank McCormick
On 26/12/12 02:25 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: On 26/12/12 01:39 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:56:28 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): On 26/12/12 12:41 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 26. 12. 2012 18:25:41 je Frank McCormick napisal(a): What did you change. It's my understanding it