November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM, "Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez" <[email protected] 
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 > wrote:



> 
> Hello.
> 
> Are there any other display manager that work on Debian GNU/Hurd
> besides xdm?. xdm performs its function perfectly, but it looks
> aesthetically outdated.
> 
> Thanks very much, in advance.

I personally just go old school and use startx:

https://gnucode.org/the-hurd-on-bare-metal-update.html

Take a look at the "Gotchas" section on that blog post.  I wish I'd have known 
that a while ago...

"If, /home or / are readonly, then X will refuse to start and will not tell you 
why. So, my .bashrc has this in it:"

 
> Regards.
> Jose Luis.
> 
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> 
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>

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