Hi Johannes,
> I have done
>
> apt-get install wdm
> apt-get install wmaker
> reboot
>
> on a fresh Ubuntu (server) install but did not get any graphical login!? :-(
>
> it might be that wdm is a little too old to have a good configuration
> packaged. Trying to add xorg is a good idea of course. I had good results
> using lightdm under Debian. Installing GNUstep should be as easy as
>
> sudo apt install wmaker lightdm gnustep gnustep-devel
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
> https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM <https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM> (same
> should apply for Ubuntu)
>
> This should pull in all of the required dependencies. But as of 16.04 the
> gnustep packages are quite old probably.
>
I failed to get wmaker running. However, since NSComboBox does not work under
WindowMaker anyway I gave up on this. The following sequence of commands gave
me working graphical login screen without the unity bulk-load.
apt install xfce4 lightdm
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
The problem with LightDM in Ubuntu repository is that it’s configured for
Unity, the old default Ubuntu desktop environment. So, now, let’s config
LightDM for Xfce.
rm /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf
pico /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-xfce-greeter.conf
[SeatDefaults]
greeter-session=unity-greeter
user-session=xfce
reboot
This works like a charm. I haven't tested GNUstep apps under this Window
Manager yet though. I hope NSComboBox will work (under unity it does, under
wmaker it does not)
Best wishes,
Andreas
